Pork guisantes

{{Infobox food

| name = Pork guisantes

| image = Poguiplnch.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Plate lunch with pork guisantes,
pancit, lumpia and rice

| alternate_name = Guisantes, gisantes, pork & peas

| country = Philippines

| region = Hawaii

| creator =

| course = Main

| type = Stew

| served = Hot

| main_ingredient = Pork, peas, tomato sauce, pimento (or capsicum)

| variations = Chicken, chickpea

| calories = 300

| similar_dish = {{lang|ilo|Igado}}, {{lang|fil|afritada}}, {{lang|fil|menudo}}, {{lang|fil|kaldereta}}, pork and beans

| other =

}}

Pork guisantes (also spelled as gisantes) or pork and peas is a Hawaiian pork stew of Filipino origin.{{cite web |last1=Cheng |first1=Martha |title=7-Eleven in Hawaiʻi is Amazing—Here's Why |url=https://www.hawaiimagazine.com/7-eleven-in-hawaii-is-amazing-heres-why/ |publisher=Hawaii Magazine |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=13 July 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Ching |first1=Leonora |title=Pork dish allows some creativity |url=https://hawaiispicklelady.com/pork |website=Hawaii's Pickle Lady |access-date=9 October 2023}} Pork is stewed in a tomato sauce base with peas.{{cite web |last1=Cheng |first1=Martha |title=Celebrated Hawaii Chef Sheldon Simeon Opens Lineage Restaurant on Maui |url=https://www.hawaiimagazine.com/celebrated-hawaii-chef-sheldon-simeon-opens-lineage-restaurant-on-maui/ |publisher=Hawaii Magazine |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=13 September 2018}} It is likely an adaptation of the Filipino dishes {{lang|ilo|igado}} and {{lang|fil|afritada}} introduced by the Ilocanos from their arrival in the early 1900s who came to work in the fruit and sugar plantations.{{efn|Ilocano were and still are the predominant Filipino ethnic group in Hawaii{{cite web |title=Ilocano Diaspora |url=https://ilocos.balinkbayan.gov.ph/migration-and-development/ilocano-diaspora/ |website=BaLinkBayan Ilocos Norte |publisher=gov.ph |access-date=8 October 2023 |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915030846/https://ilocos.balinkbayan.gov.ph/migration-and-development/ilocano-diaspora/ |url-status=dead }}}}{{cite web |last1=Aquino |first1=Belinda A |title=Why did Filipinos come to Hawaii? |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/12/11/editorial/special.html |website=archives.starbulletin.com |publisher=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=December 11, 2005}}{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Carey D. |last2=Louis |first2=Lucille |last3=Yanazawa |first3=Kisako |title=Foods Used by Filipinos in Hawaii |date=1946 |publisher=University of Hawaii |location=Honolulu |hdl=10125/16545 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/10125/16545 |access-date=8 October 2023}}

Pork guisantes remains a popular Filipino-inspired dish catered to the Hawaiian palate. It is featured in ready-to-go bentos at convenience stores, served at local dine-in restaurants, offered as a plate lunch dish,{{cite web |title=How to eat like a local: Kauai |url=https://www.hawaiimagazine.com/how-to-eat-like-a-local-kauai/ |website=Hawaii Magazine |access-date=9 October 2023 |date=19 December 2013}} or an in-flight meal option,{{cite web |last1=Schack |first1=Natalie |title=Hawaiian Airlines' Launches New Featured Chef Series |url=https://www.honolulumagazine.com/hawaiian-airlines-launches-new-featured-chef-series/ |website=Honolulu Magazine |access-date=9 October 2023 |date=2 June 2015}} and as an okazu item at a few okazuya.{{cite web |last1=Taketa |first1=Mari |title=You Voted: Here's Your Top 5 Okazuya on O'ahu |url=https://www.honolulumagazine.com/you-voted-heres-your-top-5-okazuya-on-oahu/ |website=Honolulu Magazine |access-date=9 October 2023 |date=25 July 2023}}

Ingredients

=Meat=

Unlike {{lang|ilo|igado}} and {{lang|fil|menudo}}, pork guisantes does not contain liver.{{cite journal |last1=Cristobal |first1=Shannon |title=Naimas! The Rise of Filipina/o/x Foodways in Hawai'i |journal=Alon: Journal for Filipinx American and Diasporic Studies |date=2022 |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=301–318 |jstor=48722249 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48722249 |access-date=8 October 2023 |issn=2767-4568}} Rather, it is more partial to meat such as pork tenderloin or butt to cater to a wider population not accustomed to liver or other offal.{{efn|Japanese were the largest ethnic group in Hawaii for a period and often considered offal, {{lang|ja|horumon}} (lit. "discarded bits"), undesirable.{{cite web |last1=Levine |first1=Michael |title=Filipinos Overtake Japanese As Top Hawaii Group |url=https://www.civilbeat.org/2011/05/11156-filipinos-overtake-japanese-as-top-hawaii-group/ |website=Honolulu Civil Beat |access-date=9 October 2023 |language=en |date=25 May 2011}}{{cite web |last1=Cheng |first1=Andy |title=How to make Japanese Offal - Horumon |url=https://www.osaka.com/eat/how-to-make-japanese-offal-ultimate-guide/ |website=Osaka.com |access-date=9 October 2023 |language=en-AU |date=11 November 2020}}}}{{cite web |last1=Shimabukuro |first1=Betty |title=Pork dish allows some creativity |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/12/22/features/request.html |website=archives.starbulletin.com |publisher=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=December 22, 2004}}{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Meeri |title=The science of disgust: Why we (most of us) hate liver, brussels sprouts and cricket flour |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/10/12/the-science-of-disgust-why-we-most-of-us-hate-liver-brussels-sprouts-and-cricket-flour/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=26 October 2021}} A common option or substitution for pork is chicken, particularly skinless thigh meat.{{cite web |title=Holidays a great time for home-cooked meals |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/11/08/features/story04.html |website=archives.starbulletin.com |publisher=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=November 8, 2006}}{{cite web |last1=Todd |first1=Deirdre K |title=Chicken Guisantes |url=https://cookinghawaiianstyle.com/chicken-guisantes/ |website=Cooking Hawaiian Style |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=12 August 2020}}

=Vegetables=

{{lang|es|Guisantes}}, or {{lang|fil|gisantes}}, is the Spanish loanword for "peas".{{cite web |title=Guisante |url=https://www.spanishdict.com/tranaslate/guisante |website=SpanishDictionary.com |publisher=Curiosity Media, Inc. |access-date=9 October 2023 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |title=Gisantes Meaning {{!}} Tagalog Dictionary |url=https://www.tagalog-dictionary.com/search?word=gisantes |website=Tagalog English Dictionary |access-date=9 October 2023 |language=en}} Original recipes from the plantation era used canned peas which still can be used today.{{cite web |title=How Did We Can? {{!}} The Canning of Peas: Based on Factory Inspection and Experimental Data |url=https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/canning/items/show/86#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20early%20accounts%20of%20the%20art,to%20be%20as%20old%20as%20the%20canning%20industry. |website=www.nal.usda.gov |publisher=USDA National Agricultural Library |access-date=9 October 2023}} However, frozen peas are more common in contemporary recipes along with aromatic vegetables such as onions and garlic.{{cite web |title=Pork Guisantes – Foodland Super Market |url=https://foodland.com/recipe/pork-guisantes/ |website=foodland.com |publisher=Foodland Super Market, Ltd. |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=October 2, 2017}}{{cite magazine |last1=Ruhlman |first1=Michael |title=Brrrr. The Secret History of Frozen Food |url=https://www.wired.com/2017/05/brrrr-secret-history-frozen-food/ |magazine=Wired |access-date=9 October 2023}} Chickpeas can also be added or substituted for peas.{{cite web |title=Pork or Chicken Guisantes |url=https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/recipes/find-a-recipe/pork-or-chicken-guisantes |website=www.hawaiianelectric.com |publisher=Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. |access-date=9 October 2023 |language=en}} Optionally, jar pimentos (or freshly sliced bell peppers) can be added.{{cite web |title=Pork Guisantes |url=https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/recipes/find-a-recipe/pork-guisantes |website=www.hawaiianelectric.com |publisher=Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. |access-date=9 October 2023 |language=en}}

Another key ingredient is tomato sauce or paste, which is very apparent in pork guisantes but optional in {{lang|ilo|igado}}.{{efn|Igado is occasionally reddened with annatto instead of tomatoes}}{{cite web |title=A Taste of Ilocos Norte |url=https://museoilocosnorte.com/ilocos-norte/information/a-taste-of-ilocos-norte/ |website=Museo Ilocos Norte |access-date=9 October 2023 |date=9 December 2008}} It recalls other Filipino dishes such as {{lang|fil|afritada}} and {{lang|fil|menudo}}.{{efn|Another key characteristic which differentiates pork guisantes from its Filipino progenitor is that it is generally soupier, whereas {{lang|ilo|igado}}, {{lang|fil|afritada}}, and {{lang|fil|menudo}} are between a wet stir-fry and a dry stew}}{{cite web |last1=Lott |first1=Bebs |title=Authentic Igado Recipe Recipe |url=https://www.foxyfolksy.com/igado/ |website=Foxy Folksy |access-date=9 October 2023 |date=8 May 2021}} Like {{lang|fil|afritada}}, other vegetables such as potatoes and carrots can be added but are not typical to Hawaiian pork guisantes.{{cite web |last1=Manaloto |first1=Mia |title=Igado Recipe (Pork and Liver Stew) |url=https://amiablefoods.com/igado-recipe/ |website=Amiable Foods |access-date=9 October 2023 |date=11 May 2022}}

Lastly, the American dish pork and beans which is a canned food of beans packed in tomato sauce shares some semblance.{{efn|Introduced in the late 1800s, it was a common C-ration until 1953; similarly distributed like SPAM during World War II}}

=Seasoning=

Pork guisantes is characterized as a savory dish that pairs well with rice.{{cite web |last1=Wolfram |first1=Taylor |title=Hawaiian Pork and Peas |url=https://www.eatright.org/recipes/entrees/hawaiian-pork-and-peas |website=www.eatright.org |publisher=Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. |access-date=9 October 2023 |language=en |date=January 24, 2018}} It is typically seasoned with salt and shōyu (soy sauce) in place of, or along with, {{lang|fil|patis}} (fish sauce) and spiced with ground pepper.{{cite web |title=Pork Guisantes |url=https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/recipes/find-a-recipe/pork-guisantes-2 |website=www.hawaiianelectric.com |publisher=Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. |access-date=9 October 2023 |language=en}} Adding bay leaves is common, while cinnamon sticks are optional.

Preparation

The preparation of pork guisantes is rather straightforward in contemporary recipes since a few of the ingredients are canned, prepackaged, or readily found.

Pork is sliced into 1 x 1.5 inch slices and are sautéed in a little oil with the aromatic vegetables. Tomato sauce, water, and seasonings are added along with the spices, and simmered until the pork is tender. The peas are then added and finally garnished with pimentos.

Pork guisantes

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