Pochero

Pochero was the classic Sunday lunch or dinner for many Filipino families of my generation. It is a simple one-pot meal with boiled meats (either beef, chicken, and/or pork), flavored with chorizo de Bilbao (sausages packed in lard in tin cans, which do not come from Bilbao). Potatoes, plantains, cabbage, carrots, and string beans are cooked separately in the broth and served on a platter. The classic condiments (shown opposite) are chopped tomatoes and eggplant caviar.