''Hamonado'' (

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: ''jamonado''), or ''hamonada'', is a Filipino dish consisting of meat marinated and cooked in a sweet

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sauce. It is a popular dish during

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regions where pineapples are commonly grown. ''Hamonado'' is also a general term for savory dishes marinated or cooked with pineapple in the Philippines.

Etymology

The name ''hamonado'' is the Tagalog spelling of Spanish ''jamonado'', meaning " reparedlike '' hamon'' (

ham Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking."Bacon: Bacon and Ham Curing" in '' Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 39. As a processed meat, the term '' ...

)". However, ''hamonado'' should not be confused with '' hamon'' (''jamón''), which is also commonly cooked in the Philippines during the

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. ''Hamonado'' is also known as ''endulsado'' (Spanish: ''endulzado'', "sweetened" or " glazed") in Zamboanga. ''Hamonado'' or ''hamonada'' is also a colloquial term for the sweet variant of the Filipino ''

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'' sausages (properly ''longganisang hamonado'').

Description

Typically meat (usually fatty cuts of

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, but can also be chicken or beef) is marinated overnight in a sweet sauce made with pineapple juice,

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, and various spices. It is then pan-fried until the meat is browned. The meat is then simmered in

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with added pineapple chunks until the meat is very tender. It is served on

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. Variations of the dish sometimes does not include a marinating period, and instead slow cooks the pork until very tender, especially when using cuts with tough meat like ''pata'' (

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) or beef

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juice, carrots, raisins, pickles, ''

'', and

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s may also be added in some family recipes. Some ''hamonado'' variants may be cooked ''

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''-style, using

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Similar dishes

''Hamonado'' is similar to '' pininyahang manok'', braised chicken made with pineapples, except that the latter does not use soy sauce and is cooked in a milk base.

References

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