Kare-Kare "Pork Pata" Recipe

Kare-Kare is one of the favorite foods of Filipinos. It is a classic Filipino food that composes of vegetables, stewed meat in a thick sauce made from peanut and is not complete without the shrimp paste.

There are a lot of variations in cooking Kare-Kare and one of it is the Kare-Kare recipe that I am going to share to you. I prefer using pork pata instead of ox tail and ox tripe.

Kare-kare Ingredients:

1 1/2 Kilo pork pata
4-5 pieces head of pechay
1 sachet of Mama Sita Kare-kare peanut sauce mix dissolve in 1 cup water
3 medium size eggplant, cut into cubes
1 bundle of string beans (sitaw) cut
3 table spoon Lady's Choice Creamy Peanut Butter
1 medium size of banana bud, quarter cut
4 head garlic, chopped
2 large onions, chopped
1 pork cube
2 cups water
cooking oil
salt
sauted shrimp paste

Procedure:

1. Let's start with the veggies, make sure to wash your vegetables before cooking. Put a little amount of cooking oil in a pan. Fry eggplant until it turned brown both sides. Set aside.

2. Wash pork leg properly then put it in a large pan. Put half of the onions and half of the garlic. Sprinkle a little salt enough to give the pork some taste. Cover pan and DON'T put water. Cook for about 5 minutes or until pork is cooked with its own juice.

3. Put 1 cup of water and bring to a boil. Add water if necessary. Add pork cube and simmer for about 10 minutes or until pork is tender. Separate pork from broth. Remove all scum that was formed out from the broth. Set aside.

4. Saute garlic and onion. Add string beans, banana bud, and pechay. Cook for 2 minutes then add in pork leg. Stir cook for another 2 minutes. Pour in pork broth and let it simmer for 3 minutes. Add kare-kare mix solution and 3 table spoon of creamy peanut butter. Let it simmer for 5 minutes. Add fried eggplant and cook for about 2 minutes or until vegetable are cooked.

5. Serve with sauteed shrimp paste.

Enjoy your kare-kare!!! =)