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Crispy Pata Kare Kare
Crispy pork hock cooked in peanut sauce and served with steamed vegetables
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 3676 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Filipino
Ingredients
- 4 lbs. pork hock pata
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 3 cups cooking oil
- 1/2 cup shrimp paste
Boiling ingredients:
- 3 quarts water
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 7 dried bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon whole peppercorn
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Kare-Kare Sauce:
- 1 1/4 cup peanut paste
- 1 piece Knorr Pork Cube
- 2 tablespoons annatto powder
- 1 onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups water
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Vegetable ingredients:
- 2 bunches bok choy
- 2 eggplants sliced
- 10 string beans cut in 2-inch pieces
- 18 ounces banana blossom in brine canned
Instructions
- Combine all the boiling ingredients in a large cooking pot. Add pork hock. Boil for 1 hour. Remove the pork hock from the cooking pot. Let it cool down and then rub salt all over. Air dry for 30 minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan. Sauté garlic and onion. Once the onion softens, add the peanut paste. Stir and cook for 1 minute. Pour water and then stir until the mixture becomes smooth. Let the liquid boil. Add Knorr Pork Cube and annatto powder. Cover the pot. Reduce the heat to a simmer. Continue cooking until your desired consistency is achieved. Season with salt and ground black pepper. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a wide and deep pot. Fry the pork hock until the bottom side turns golden brown and crispy. Turn it over and do the same thing on the opposite side. Remove from the pot. Let it cool down. Debone the pork hock. Set aside.
- Arrange the vegetable ingredients on a steamer. Steam for 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside.
- Assemble your crispy pata kare-kare by pouring half of the sauce on a serving bowl. Arrange the steamed vegetables all around. Top with crispy pata. Distribute the remaining sauce by pouring onto the bowl. Serve with shrimp paste (bagoong alamang) as a condiment. Share and enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Calories
3676kcal
(184%)
Carbohydrates
58g
(19%)
Protein
169g
(338%)
Fat
312g
(480%)
Saturated Fat
57g
(285%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
69g
Monounsaturated Fat
173g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
673mg
(224%)
Sodium
5587mg
(233%)
Potassium
3906mg
(112%)
Fiber
17g
(68%)
Sugar
22g
(44%)
Vitamin A
18938IU
(379%)
Vitamin C
199mg
(221%)
Calcium
701mg
(70%)
Iron
14mg
(78%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 3676
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 3676kcal | 184% |
| Carbohydrates | 58g | 19% |
| Protein | 169g | 338% |
| Fat | 312g | 480% |
| Saturated Fat | 57g | 285% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 69g | 406% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 173g | 865% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 673mg | 224% |
| Sodium | 5587mg | 233% |
| Potassium | 3906mg | 83% |
| Fiber | 17g | 68% |
| Sugar | 22g | 44% |
| Vitamin A | 18938IU | 379% |
| Vitamin C | 199mg | 221% |
| Calcium | 701mg | 70% |
| Iron | 14mg | 78% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.