Meaning of Humba | Babel Free

Definitions

A Filipino braised pork dish from the Philippines especially popular in the Visayas, traditionally made with fatty cuts of pork belly slow-cooked until very tender in soy sauce, vinegar, peppercorns, garlic, bay leaves, and fermented black beans (tausi) sweetened with muscovado sugar, and also commonly including hard-boiled eggs and banana blossoms.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“A most sought-after “correct” humba has the skin jelly-soft, with the fork-tender meat swimming in its own fat.”

“On the a la carte menu are braised pork shank with pineapple-soy sauce, humba and several pansit-based dishes.”

“There’s no need to make adobo first to taste a delicious humba!”

“Maria Polotan’s Humba / “I learned how to make humba from my mom, who learned it from her mom. My mom came from Visayas in the Philippines, where the dish is really popular.[…]””

“Commonly used as a dipping sauce or marinade, it [toyo] enhances various dishes like bistek tagalog and pork humbas.”

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