Laing Recipe

What is Laing ?

Laing is a traditional Filipino dish made from dried taro leaves cooked in coconut milk with spices and, often, meat or seafood. Laing originates from the Bicol region. It is celebrated for its rich, creamy, and slightly spicy flavor.

Ingredients

• 4 oz Laing (Taro leaves)
• 3/4 cup powdered coconut cream diluted in 1/8 cup water
• 1/8 cup shrimps shelled
• 1/4 cup porkloin sliced into small pieces
• 1 onion sliced
• 1/4 tbsp ginger thin sliced or minced
• 1/4 tbsp garlic minced
• 1/2 tabsp fish sauce
• 1 pc bird's eye chilies sliced
• 1 tbsp oil

Steps

1. Saute garlic, onion, ginger porkloin and shrimp in oil
2. Stir for a few minutes then add the coco cream
3. Add the taro leaves.
4. Season with salt and fishsauce.
5. Add the bird's eye chilli (siling labuyo)
6. Cook for 15-20 mins over medium flame.