Calabacita o Bangaña Guisada [Recipe + Video] Bottle Gourd with Sausage

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 pound cooked longaniza

  (pork sausage) [0.45 kg], sliced
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

  or olive oil
• 1 medium red onion

  diced
• 4 cloves garlic

  crushed
• 1 bell pepper

  chopped
• 2 calabacitas (bottle gourd)
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• ½ teaspoon oregano (dry, ground)
• 1 teaspoon salt

  (or more, to taste)
• 4 tablespoons minced parsley

Instructions

• 1 Peel the gourds with a potato peeler and dice.
• 2 Heat the oil over medium heat.
  
  Add the longaniza and cook, stirring until it browns.
• 3 Once the longaniza is browned, lower heat to medium. Stir in onion, garlic, and
  bell pepper. Cook stirring for 30 seconds.
  
  Add the diced gourd and cook stirring for another 30 seconds, lower heat if it
  looks like it might burn. Season with pepper, and oregano and tomato sauce and
  stir.
• 4 Lower heat and simmer covered until the gourd is cooked through, stirring often
  to cook uniformly (soft, but not too mushy, it takes around 15-20 minutes).
  
  Once the gourd is fork tender, season with salt to taste and stir in the
  parsley. Remove from the heat.
• 5 Remove from the heat and serve.
  
  Find serving suggestions further above.

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