Modified Menudo

This type of menudo is my personal modification of the Filipino style menudo. As I mentioned before, I try not to eat pork. However, that shouldn't stop me from eating menudo! Mix this savory dish with plain white rice or a dinner roll and you have good ole comfort food.

Modified Filipino Menudo

1. Get all ingredients ready: beef (thinly sliced-pork is normally used), raisins, carrots, potatoes, tomato sauce, onions, canned vienna sausage (I used chicken vienna sausage but you can also use the regular kind) and seasoning

2. Prep all your food before cooking by slicing the beef, carrots, onions and potatoes into small squares (similar to the size of an almond). Slice the vienna sausage into 4 pieces. Set everything aside.

* When you peel and cut up the potato make sure to soak it in water. If you leave it out, it will turn brown

3. Heat a little oil in a deep pan. Add a little bit of onion and let it simmer

4. Add the small pieces of beef (or pork if that's what you are using) and season with garlic salt, salt and black pepper. Cover with lid and thoroughly cook.

5. Once the meat is cooked add the potato (remove from water) and carrots. Close lid again and cook.

6. Once your carrots and potatoes are cooked and softened, add the raisins, vienna sausage and tomato sauce. Season as needed and keep the dish on the stove until the tomato sauce bubbles.

7. Eat with rice or bread.

* Remember you can always make these dishes vegetarian by not adding any meat or using mock meat.