Paksiw na Pata (Pork Hocks Stew) is a delicious way of cooking pork hocks. Pork is stewed in water, sugar, vinegar and soy sauce mixed with some spices in this style of cooking.
Paksiw is a common way of cooking in the Philippines. It can be done with fish, veggies, lechon or roasted pork.
Ingredients
Paksiw na Pata ingredients are the following:
- Pork Pata (Pork hocks) – 1 kilo
- Brown Sugar
- Vinegar
- Soy Sauce
- Pepper corn
- Garlic
- Bay leaves
- Water
- Dried Banana Blossom
- Salt
How to Cook Paksiw na Pata
Cooking this recipe is easy but a bit time-consuming because you need to tenderize the pork. However, you may use pressure cooker to cut the cooking time into half or more.
Start by cleaning and washing the pork hocks. In a cooking pot, put water, garlic, bay leaves and peppercorn together with the pork hocks. Bring it to a boil and remove scum that float.
Add in the soy sauce. Let it boil for 1-2 hours until pork becomes tender. Add in the sugar and simmer for 5 minutes. Put in the vinegar and dried banana blossom and simmer for 3 minutes or until desired thickness of the sauce is achieved. Taste the sauce and add a pinch of salt if needed.
Transfer to a serving plate and serve. This is perfectly complemented with steamed rice.
Other Pork Recipes You can Try
- Pork Tinola with Sweet Corn and Potatoes
- Slow-cooked Pork Ribs
- Bacon and Egg Fried Rice
- Baked Barbecue Pork Chop in Turbo Broiler
- Crispy Pork Belly or Lechon Kawali in Turbo Broiler
- Ginisang Kangkon with Ground Pork
- Pork Taco
- Sinigang na Baboy (Pork Sinigang)
- Pork Stir-fry with Green Beans
- Home-made Pork Tocino
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Paksiw na Pata (Pork Hocks Stew)
Equipment
- Cooking Pot
- Pressure cooker (optional)
Ingredients
- 1 kilo Pork Hocks cleaned and washed
- 1 cup Soy sauce
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 8 cloves Garlic chopped
- 5 tbsp Vinegar
- 3 pcs Bay Leaves
- 1 tsp Whole Peppercorn
- 1/2 cup Dried Banana Blossom you may use dried lily flowers as substitute
- pinch Salt
- 5 cups Water
Instructions
- In a cooking pot, put water, garlic, bay leaves and peppercorn together with the pork hocks.
- Bring it to a boil and remove scum that float.
- Add in the soy sauce. Let it boil for 1-2 hours until pork becomes tender.
- Put in the sugar and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add in the vinegar and dried banana blossom and simmer for 3 minutes or until desired thickness of the sauce is achieved.
- Taste the sauce and add a pinch of salt if needed.
- Transfer to a serving plate and serve. This is perfectly complemented with steamed rice. Enjoy!
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