Menudo Filipino Style

Ingredients:

1 kg pork tenderloin, cubed
3 medium potatoes, cubed
2 medium carrots, cubed
1/2 cup raisins
1 medium red bell pepper, diced
1 medium green bell pepper, diced
500 ml tomato sauce
100 g liver spread
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
50 g grated romano cheese(you can also use Parmesan)
Marinade 2 bay leaves
1 cup Sprite
4 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 lemon, zest of, only
ground black pepper

How to Cook:

• Combine all marinade ingredients. Divide the marinade in halves. Save half. Add pork cubes on the other half with the bay leaf and marinate for at least 30 minutes.
• Remove pork from the marinade, drip dry.
• Sauté garlic and onion, add pork and the unused half of the marinade and bay leaf, simmer uncovered, reduce the liquid to half.
• Add fresh pork liver if you prefer the fresh ingredient, cover and cook.
• Add tomato sauce, liver paste (if this is what you're using), carrots, potatoes and raisins, simmer stirring occasionally.
• Add peppers and adjust the seasoning.
•  Add the grated cheese, let it melt, stir and distribute evenly. Serve hot.