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Coconut is one of the top 5 major crops of Bicol so it is to be expected that coconut milk is a prominent ingredient in this region’s cuisine. Like adobo sa gata, laing is another classic example of the Bicolano’s affinity to chili peppers and their wide use of gata (coconut milk) in cooking.

Laing is a vegetable dish made with dried taro (gabi) leaves, coconut milk, shrimp paste and chili peppers. It can be prepared meatless, with shrimp, dried fish or in this case, succulent pork belly strips. As raw gabi leaves are high in calcium oxalate, they can cause an “itchy” sensation in the mouth when eaten under cooked. In the Philippines, the leaves are dried out under the sun and then shredded into pieces before cooking to prevent this irritation. According to old-school wisdom, it’s also best not to stir the gabi leaves during the first 15 to 20 minutes they are added into the pot.