Mmmmm Bop Humba

What will you do if you accumulated a ton of pork fats in your freezer, stack that came from trimmed fat that you used on your pork dishes? Try humba, a sweet braised pork with black beans for added saltiness.
I think this must be the world’s most unhealthy dish. It’s too sweet, too salty and the fats are swimming in lard, or the lards are swimming in fats, mind you! But this is one of my favorite comfort foods. Anyway your heart is not your stomach.

1 kilo of pork loin fat, skin intact, with a little lean meat lining on the edges
¼ kilo brown sugar
¼ cup vinegar
¼ cup pineapple juice
¼ cup pineapple chunks
¼ cup salted black beans (tausi), drained
3 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 bay leaf
1 cup water
salted black beans juice
peppercorns

Combine all the ingredients in a pot except the black beans and pineapple chunks. Bring to a boil in a low heat for about an hour or until the fats are already replacing the liquid ingredients. Add the salted black beans and pineapple chunks, simmer for another 10 minutes. It’s done when the pork skin are so soft and tender that it can easily separate from the fats. Top with sliced boiled egg and sprinkled with chives before serving with hot boiled rice.