Batute or Stuffed Frog, Kapampangan exotic dish

What is thje better way to enjoy reading the poems of Jose Corazon de Jesus or Huseng Batute? What else , but with a Batute or Stuffed frog in english which  is also one of Kapampangan exotic dishes. They also call this as "tugak" around Pampanga. It tastes like chicken and it's really good. This is a MUST-TRY recipe just for you...

Ingredients:

1. 8 big edible frogs (palakang bukid)

2. 1/4 kilos ground pork

3. 3 cloves of minced garlic

4. 1/2 teaspoon salt (for pork stuffing)
5. 1 tablespoon vinegar (for pork stuffing)
6. 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper (for pork stuffing)
7. 1 teaspoon of salt (for marinade)
8. 4 tablespoon of vinegar (for marinade)
9. 1 teaspoon ground pepper (for marinade)
10. 1 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar (for marinade)

How to cook:
1. In a bowl, combine the ground pork, minced garlic, salt, vinegar and ground pepper. Set aside.
2. Clean the frog and remove the skin, head and cut the belly to remove the intestines.
3. Use the ground pork mixture as belly stuffing’s. Sew to prevent the stuffing’s from spilling out.
4. Mix the marinating mixture: salt, vinegar, ground pepper and brown sur.
5. Pour into the stuffed frogs.
6. Let it stand for 30 minutes.
7. The let it sun-dried for another 30 minutes.
8. Deep fry until golden brown.
9. Serve with fried rice or steamed plain rice.

enjoy kabalen!