DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Bicol Sinantolan
Also known as: Ginataang Santol, Sinantolan
Minced santol fruit cooked with ground pork, coconut cream, chillies and shrimp paste.
About Bicol Sinantolan
Vanjo Merano’s Sinantolan is a minced-santol preparation with coconut cream, shrimp paste and chillies. This selected ground-pork version belongs to the Bicolano dishes identified in his wider Filipino recipe collection.
Santol contributes fruit flavour, with much of its sour juice removed in this recipe. Coconut cream adds richness around the savoury pork and shrimp paste, while garlic, red onion and two chilli types bring aromatic heat.
The minced fruit forms a textured mixture around small pieces of pork. The coconut liquid reduces around the ingredients, and warm rice is the author’s suggested optional accompaniment.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bicol Sinantolan
Vanjo Merano’s Bicol Sinantolan with ground pork.
- Santol fleshBase
- Ground porkProtein
- Coconut creamLiquid
- Long green peppers (siling pansigang)Seasoning
- Thai chilliesSeasoning
- Shrimp pasteSeasoning
- Red onionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Cooking oilCooking medium
- Warm riceAccompaniment · Optional serving · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Santol flesh: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Peeled/seeded/minced fruit; excess juice extracted in source
- Ground pork: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Full selected recipe version; other cuts not combined
- Coconut cream: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Card/intro cream versus method milk wording gap preserved; single listed product not duplicated
- Long green peppers (siling pansigang): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader green-chilli record; named siling-pansigang form retained
- Thai chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader chilli record; Thai option selected instead of siling labuyo
- Shrimp paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Bagoong alamang identified by author; full formula unknown
- Red onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cooking oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Botanical source unspecified
- Warm rice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Suggested pairing, subrecipe not supplied
Origins & food traditions
The same publisher explicitly lists Sinantol among Bicolano dishes; selected exact ground-pork recipe.
Countries
- Philippines
- PhilippinesCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Bicolano Cuisine
- Bicolano CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.