# Pork Tocino Homemade

A simple recipe for homemade pork tocino that can be sold, used for packed lunches, is healthier, and more budget-friendly.

- Total time: 120 min
- Cuisine: Filipino
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1.5 kilo pork kasim (thinly sliced)
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- water
- 1 tablespoon red food coloring
- garlic powder
- 8 ounces soy sauce
- 1.5 cup brown sugar
- 250 ml pineapple juice
- 200 ml Sprite/Sierra Mist/Mountain Dew

## Instructions

1. Add 1 tablespoon of baking soda to a bowl of water and mix until dissolved.
2. Pour the baking soda mixture over the thinly sliced pork kasim.
3. Mix the pork well with the baking soda mixture.
4. Add about 1 tablespoon of red food coloring to the pork. This step is optional.
5. Add garlic powder to the pork.
6. Add about 8 ounces of soy sauce to the pork.
7. Add 1.5 cups of brown sugar (or dark brown, muscovado, or white sugar) to the pork.
8. Mix all the ingredients together thoroughly until the pork is well-coated.
9. Pour 250 ml of pineapple juice into the pork mixture.
10. Add about 200 ml of Sprite (or Sierra Mist/Mountain Dew) to the mixture slowly as it will bubble due to the baking soda.
11. Marinate the pork for more than two hours.
12. Boil the marinated pork tocino in a pan before frying.
13. Fry the pork tocino until cooked.
14. Cut the cooked pork tocino into smaller pieces.
15. Taste the pork tocino.

## Equipment

- bowl
- pan
- knife
- tongs

## Tips

- Baking soda makes the meat tender and juicy.
- Red food coloring is optional.
- You can use white sugar, dark brown sugar, or muscovado sugar.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14NHM9ed9jY/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/25a87a64-a3d8-4421-9940-96db1d9ab701
- Extracted: 2025-11-13

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