Easy Crispy Pata Recipe

Crispy pata is a popular Filipino dish. The cooking process of this dish takes time but the effort is worth it.

Crispy pata is a Filipino dish consisting of deep fried pig trotters or knuckles served with a soy-vinegar dip. It can be served as party fare or an everyday dish. Many restaurants serve boneless pata as a specialty. The dish is quite similar to the German Schweinshaxe.

Wikipedia

Crispy Pata is known for its tender meat and crispy skin. Before cooking the pork and letting it simmer, remember to make slits on the skin. This is to ensure that all the delicious flavors from the ingredients are infused in the meat. Make sure to also dry the pork thoroughly after boiling, this is the secret to achieving that crisp skin!

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Recipe for Crispy Pata:

Easy Crispy Pata Recipe

Recipe by Yummy FoodCourse: MainCuisine: FilipinoDifficulty: Medium

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

1

hour 

15

minutes

Calories

6088

kcal

Resting Time

60

minutes

Total time

1

hour 

45

minutes

Crispy pata is a popular Filipino dish. The cooking process of this dish takes time but the effort is worth it.

Ingredients

• 1 whole pig’s leg (pata, about 3-4 lbs) cleaned

• 6 pcs dried bay leaves

• 2 tbsp whole peppercorn

• 4-6 star anise (optional)

• 6 tsp salt

• 2 tsp ground black pepper

• 2 to 3 tsp garlic powder

• 1 tbsp leeks

• 1 tbsp sili green

• 12-15 cups water

• 8-12 cups cooking oil

• For the Sauce:

• 2 tbsp brown sugar

• 1 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce

• 1 tsp dark soy sauce

• 1/2 cup vinegar

• 1/2 tsp sesame oil

• 1/2 red finger chilli in diagonal slices

• 2 shallots or half a red onion, chopped

• 1 clove garlic, crushed

• 1 tbsp shredded fresh ginger

Directions

• Pour water in a cooking pot then let boil. Add dried bay leaves, whole peppercorns, star anise, leeks, green sili and 4 teaspoons of salt.
• Add the whole pig’s legs in the cooking pot then simmer until the leg becomes tender (about 45 to 60 minutes). Remove the tender leg from the cooking pot and set aside until the temperature goes down.
• Heat a clean large cooking pot (preferably with cover) and pour in cooking oil. When the oil becomes hot, deep fry the pork leg.
• Continue cooking in medium heat until one side becomes crispy, and then cautiously flip the leg to crisp the other side.
• Mix ingredients for the sauce.
• Serve hot!

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