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Pinakbet
Filipino Cuisine
Bitter melon, eggplant, okra, squash, and string beans simmered with fermented fish or shrimp paste and bits of pork.
Category
Stew
Main Ingredient
Vegetable
Cooking Method
Simmered
Spice Level
Mild
Region
Ilocos
Cuisine
Filipino
Fun Fact
The name comes from the Ilocano 'pinakebbet,' meaning shrunken or shriveled — the vegetables are cooked until they wilt and collapse. Ilocano purists use bagoong isda (fermented fish), never shrimp paste.