Paksiw na Pata (Pork Hocks Stew)
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.
Servings: 4 people
Cost: $6
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!