Menudo

• 800 gms. pork, cut into about 2 cm. cubes
• 200 gms. pork liver, cut into cubes
• 3 tbsp. cooking oil
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 - 2 onions, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
• 1/2 cup tomato paste or 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 2 tbsp. soy sauce
• 2 - 4 tbsp. brown sugar
• 2 cups pork or chicken stock or water
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 big red bell pepper, cut in strips
• 3 - 4 pcs. potatoes, diced (about 300 gms.)
• 1 cup chick peas (garbanzos), cooked and peeled
• 10 pcs. green olives (optional)
• 1/2 cup raisins

Heat cooking oil. Saute the garlic and onions. Add tomato paste, vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar and pork or chicken stock. Add the pork but set aside the liver. When pork is tender, season with salt, pepper and bay leaves. Mix the rest of the ingredients includingthe liver.