Pork Menudo

About

This Keto take on pork menudo is our low carb adaptation of the classic Pinoy recipe. Tender pork is cooked in a sweet tomato sauce with low carb vegetables to create a delicious and warming Keto stew. This is a great dinner option served with a side of cauliflower rice or even loaded into crisp lettuce cups for a low carb lunch.

What Is Menudo?

Menudo is a classic Filipino stew, typically prepared with diced pork and starchy vegetables, simmered in a sweet tomato broth. There are a range of variations on the recipe, and these can include the addition of hotdog sausages, pork liver, and sultanas. For our Keto Pinoy recipe, we have substituted the starchy vegetables for radish and bell peppers and added breakfast sausages in place of hotdogs. We have also used ground pork instead of diced pork for quick and easy cooking.

Recipe Suggestions

This Keto Filipino stew is an incredibly versatile low carb dinner option. If you wanted to keep the dish more traditional, you could include pork livers and used diced pork. If you wanted to add dried fruit, we recommend a few unsweetened dried cranberries in place of the typically used sultanas. We have added radish to our dish to replace potatoes, but you could experiment with alternative low carb vegetables to suit your taste. Please be sure to adjust your macros to account for any changes made to the original recipe.

Ingredients

5 ounce ground pork
5 medium – 3/4" to 1" diameter radish, raw
2 tablespoon tamari sauce
2 link – each 0.7 ounce breakfast sausage
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon white onion
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon maple flavored syrup by lakanto
1 teaspoon ginger, ground
½ small red bell peppers, raw
½ small green bell pepper
½ cup tomato sauce
⅓ cup chicken broth, bouillon or consomme, ready-to-serve can

Instructions

Roughly chop the radishes, finely dice the onion and thinly slice the garlic. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over a low/medium heat. Add the radish, onion, and garlic. Sweat gently for 2-3 minutes to soften the onion and garlic.
Roughly chop the sausage into bite-sized chunks. Add the ground pork, ginger, and sausage pieces to the pan with the radish, onion, and garlic. Cook until the meat is well browned all over.
Add the tomato sauce and stock to the saucepan. Stir well to combine. Bring the sauce up to a boil. You may use an alternative stock such as vegetable if preferred. You may also add salt and pepper as needed. This will depend on the strength of seasoning already in your stock.
Reduce the sauce to a simmer and add the tamari sauce and the lakanto syrup. Stir well to combine. Slice the bell peppers into thin strips. Add the peppers to the sauce and stir well. Simmer for 10 minutes until the sauce has thickened and reduced, the pork is cooked through, and the vegetables are tender. Serve hot with your preferred Keto sides.