How to cook Betute Tugak?

Betute Tugac is a fried relleno-like skinned farm frog stuffed with minced frog meat or ground pork and finely chopped fresh herbs and spices. It is an exotic dish made of whole tugac (farm frog) caught from the river or rice paddies in Pampanga. The frog is skinned and all its entrails are removed, feet are cut off, its head decapitated and thrown away. The cleaned hollowed body is then stuffed compactly with minced the stuffing of minced or ground meat is mixed with chopped leaves of tangle (fragrant premma tree) and seasoned with any locally available herbs and spices, all minced or chopped into small pieces.eat of another frog, or ground pork, or finely chopped meat of chicken, or their combinations.  Betute tugac is eaten with a dipping of spiced up vinegar, chili sauce, or toyomansi. Without the dip, the fried frog would taste flavorless, and its two spreading legs but just a tough piece of meat.  The fillings could be tasty if it is made with ground pork or beef with all the seasonings and herbs mentioned above.

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