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Sisig is a Kapampangan term which means "to snack on something sour". It usually refers to fruits, often unripe or half-ripe, sometimes dipped in salt and vinegar. It also refers to a method of preparing fish and meat, especially pork, which is marinated in a sour liquid such as lemon juice or vinegar, then seasoned with salt, pepper and other spices.^[1]

Sisig as is popularly known today is actually sizzling sisig, a Philippine dish made from parts of pig’s head, liver and usually seasoned with kalamansi and chili peppers.

Origin

The dish is said to have originated from locals who bought unused pig heads from the commissaries of nearby Clark Air Base in Angeles City, Pampanga. Pig heads were cheaply purchased since they were not used in preparing meals for the U.S. Air Force personnel stationed there. An alternate explanation of its origin is that it is but an innovative variation on an older recipe, which is pork ears and jowl, boiled, chopped then marinated.

Sisig queen

Lucia Cunanan of Angeles City has been credited with inventing sisig.^[2] The Philippine Department of Tourism has acknowledged that her Aling Lucing's restaurant had established Angeles City as the "Sisig Ca

pital of the Philippines" in 1974. Cunanan's trademark sisig was developed in mid 1974 when she served a unique blend or concoction of boiled and chopped pig ears and cheeks seasoned with vinegar, calamansi juice, chopped onions and chicken liver and served in sizzling plates. Today, varieties include sisig ala pizzailo, pork combination, green mussels or tahong, mixed seafood, ostrich sisig, spicy python, frog sisig and tokwa't baboy, among others.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 kilo Pork head

  

• 1/4 cup grilled liver (diced)
• 2 small onions (minced)
• 2 pieces red pepper (minced)
• 1 head garlic (minced)
• 6 pieces hot chili pepper (minced)
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 cup vinegar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons liquid seasoning
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1 cup beef stock

Procedure

1. Grill pork head for to remove hair.
2. Boil pork head until tender.
3. Take out all the meat and dice.
4. In a sauté pan, heat oil and sauté garlic, onion,red pepper, pork meat and liver.
5. Season with liquid seasoning, black pepper, and brown sugar.
6. Pour in beef stock and cook until meat is tender and starts to oil again.
7. Add minced chili pepper last.
8. Serve on a sizzling plate.