Philippine's Famous Crispy Pata (Pork leg) recipe

Ingredients

    1 whole pata (pork leg), cleaned and boiled
    6 teaspoons salt
    2 teaspoons ground black pepper
    2 to 4 cloves of garlic
16 cups of water (depends on the size of the pork leg)
    Dried bay leaves
    16 cups cooking oil

Instructions (boiling)

Pour 16 cups of water in a cooking pot then let it boil.

Put-in dried bay leaves, garlic and 4 teaspoons of salt.

Add the pata (pork leg) in the cooking pot then simmer until the leg is tender. (Make sure to check from time to time)

When tender, Set aside until the temperature goes down.

Rub the pata with ground black pepper and salt. Wait for 20 minutes before cooking in oil just to make sure that the seasoning absorbs

Instructions (Deep Frying)

Heat a large cooking pot and add cooking oil.
When the oil is hot, deep fry pork leg.
Cook in medium heat
Be careful and make sure that your cooking pot has a cover to avoid burns
Check if it's already golden brown and crispy

Serve with dipping sauce - soy sauce with calamansi, chili and onions

In the US, they never miss the perfect toast turkey during thanksgiving. In the Philippines, Crispy Pata is famous for all occasions.

Enjoy!

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