''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 "ham ...

)". 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

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Typically meat (usually fatty cuts of

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, but can also be chicken or beef) is

marinated Marinating is the process of soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking. The origin of the word alludes to the use of brine (''aqua marina'' or sea water) in the pickling process, which led to the technique of adding flavor b ...

overnight in a sweet sauce made with

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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 hotdogs 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 ''

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'', braised chicken made with pineapples. Except the latter does not use soy sauce and is cooked in a milk base.

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