Roast pork loin and spicy kangkong

January 10, 2006 
Filed under Asia & beyond, Healthy veggies, Mighty meaty, Purely experimental

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Kangkong is cheap. Kangkong is healthy. Kangkong is available all year round. Kangkong is water or swamp spinach. Just like mongo, it is often referred to as the poor man’s fare.

Kangkong happens to be my kids’ favorite leafy vegetable. That’s why I keep experimenting on new ways to cook it. In cooking this roast pork loin with spicy kangkong, my idea was to come up with a dressy dish–you know, pretty as well as flavorful–using the lowly kangkong so that it can somehow transcend its image of being a poor man’s vegetable.

roast pork loin and spicy kangkong

The pork and the kangkong were cooked separately. The pork was roasted while the kangkong was stir fried. To make sure that their flavors would blend, I used seasonings and spices that would go well together. In fact, I kinda downplayed the seasonings on the pork to emphasize the flavors of the stir fried kangkong.

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8 Comments on "Roast pork loin and spicy kangkong"

  1. maya on Thu, 12th Jan 2006 2:18 pm 

    hi Connie,

    kangkong is not available here in Aus (as far as I know), would you suggest an alternative? do you think I can use watercress instead? thanks

  2. Connie on Thu, 12th Jan 2006 7:34 pm 

    i’m not very familiar with watercress, maya. but i use kangkong and spinach interchangeably.

  3. Kats on Fri, 13th Jan 2006 2:46 am 

    :grin:
    maam, masarap po ng recipe nyo, usually nga lng, i add shrimp paste with my kangkong….and more garlic of course…

  4. Connie on Fri, 13th Jan 2006 4:54 pm 

    I like garlic, too, Kats. :) But am allergic to shrimp paste. :sad:

  5. Vilma on Mon, 16th Jan 2006 6:15 am 

    Connie,

    Whats sambal oelek?

    Thanks,

    Vilma

  6. Connie on Mon, 16th Jan 2006 7:45 am 

    Vilma, it’s a Thai chili sauce. Minced hot chilis, actually. Comes in jars.

  7. mary ann on Sun, 6th Jan 2008 11:13 am 

    i like fried kangkong…tapos merong sweet chili sauce,,,

  8. racquel on Fri, 6th Jun 2008 5:39 pm 

    Hi Maya, where in Oz are you? Here in Sydney, you can find Kangkong in many Asian / Filipino shops. It’s sort of different though in shape. The one’s here are not like the one in Phils with long and slender leaves, here it’s a bit ‘fatter’. Hope you’ll find one.




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