INGREDIENTS:
- 2 lbs pork pata, sliced
- ¼ cup tausi (salted black beans)
- ½ cup dried banana blossoms
- 4 cups pineapple juice
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 6 cups water
- 1 pc pork cube
- ¼ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 3 pcs dried bay leaves
- ½ tsp crushed peppercorn
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
HOW TO COOK:
- Pour the water into a cooking pot, heat, and let it boil.
- Add- in the pork pata.
- Make sure to scoop out the scums that will eventually float.
- Cover and boil in medium heat for 40 to 60 minutes (add more water if needed).
- Remove the pata from the cooking pot and set it aside and discard the water.
- Pour the cooking oil into a clean cooking pot and heat.
- Once the oil gets hot, saute the garlic and onion.
- Add- in the boiled pata then stir and cook for 1 minute.
- Pour- in the soy sauce and pineapple juice into the pot then let it boil.
- Add- in the pork cube then stir.
- Add- in the dried bay leaves, cracked peppercorns, dried banana blossoms, and tausi then stir.
- Cover and continue to cook between low to medium heat until the liquid reduces to half.
- Add- in the vinegar then stir.
- Add- in the dark brown sugar then continue to cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove form heat and transfer to a serving bowl. Enjoy!
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Also try: Adobong Pata
