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Dinuguan (Pork Blood Stew)

Name: Dinuguan (Pork Blood Stew)
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 1 lb pork belly, diced; 8 oz pork offal (liver, intestines), diced; 1 cup fresh pork blood; 1/4 cup vinegar; 5 cloves garlic, minced; 1 onion, diced; 2-inch piece ginger, minced; 3 long green chilies; 2 tbsp fish sauce; salt to taste

Dinuguan (Pork Blood Stew) reads umami 8.7, richness 7.5 and funk & ferment 5.9 on Palate's 0–10 flavor X-ray — a Filipino main, about 1 hr 55 min. Measured from the recipe itself: ingredients and technique.

The flavor X-ray — six axes, 0–10

Umami & Savory — 10.0 / 10
Sweet & Fruity — 1.2 / 10
Sour & Bright — 4.7 / 10
Bitter & Earthy — 2.1 / 10
Rich & Fat — 7.6 / 10
Aromatic & Spice — 4.3 / 10

The measured notes (of 18)

Umami 8.7 · Richness 7.5 · Funk & Ferment 5.9 · Salinity 5.6 · Marine & Briny 4.7 · Sourness 4.7 · Allium 4.0 · Heat 2.2 · Smoke 1.8 · Herbaceous 1.3 · Warm Spice 1.3 · Bitterness 1.1 · Sweetness 1.1 · Earthy 0.7

What's in it (10)

1 lb pork belly, diced
8 oz pork offal (liver, intestines), diced
1 cup fresh pork blood
1/4 cup vinegar
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, diced
2-inch piece ginger, minced
3 long green chilies
2 tbsp fish sauce
salt to taste

Time & effort: about 1 hr 55 min (25 min active) · effort: medium

Nutrition (per 100 g, engine-estimated): 257.4 kcal, 5.9 g protein, 23.7 g fat, 5 g carbs

Dietary: Contains meat — engine-derived; double-check anything allergy-critical.

How it's cooked (3 steps)

Saute garlic, onion, and ginger in oil, add diced pork and cook until browned.
Add offal and cook through, then stir in pork blood and vinegar.
Simmer until sauce darkens and thickens, seasoning with fish sauce and chilies.

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Yukgaejang (Spicy Shredded Beef Soup with Fern and Sprouts) — Korean
Wetha Si Byan (Pork Curry Cooked Until the Oil Returns) — Burmese

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Every number above is Palate's engine-measured estimate, computed from this recipe's ingredients and techniques — not human-tasted ratings or reviews.