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No matter how many guests you have over for Christmas dinner or Christmas lunch, you’ll definitely have some leftovers that will spoil unless you keep them properly. Turning your leftovers into an entirely different dish altogether is the best way to keep them from going bad and ultimately going to waste. Here are two ways you can recycle the main course of your Christmas meal.Lechon -> Lechon Paksiw

Paksiw is a way of cooking meat in vinegar and lechon paksiw is usually how you recycle lechon meat, lechon skin, and the sauce that comes with it. There are as many ways to cook paksiw as there are many types of lechon, and any personal touches to the dish will give it a unique kick. You can add brown sugar, cinnamon, or the Filipino secret ingredient for sweetness – Sprite.

Paksiw comes out like a thick, satisfying stew. Eat it alone or pour the sauce over rice. The meat and skin will be more chewy and soft with a more sophisticated, but not overbearing taste.

View the lechon paksiw recipe.

Chinese Ham -> Pochero

We’ve featured pochero here before but in case you missed it, pochero is a stew featuring different kinds of meat, making this the ideal way to recycle Chinese ham and even lechon. The amount of meat included in the dish depends on the cook’s tastes. What comes out is a rich stew resembling nilaga. Included in Cebu-style pochero are corn cobs and a beef shank with the bone, so you can break it open and eat the marrow with the stew.

Click to view the pochero recipe.

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