Receta Pata Tim

by Manny Montala

Pata tim is a popular pork leg Filipino dish which is very similar to the paksiw na pata but does not have vinegar. This dish is basically boiled pork leg with a blend of soy sauce, oyster sauce, pineapple juice and spices like garlic, star anise and cinnamon and with vegetables like mushrooms and bok choy. What makes this dish appetizing aside from it’s flavor is the very tender meat and the skin with gelatin like texture and thick sauce. Ingredients:  1 kilo pork pata (pork leg) 1 bunch bokchoy 3 Tbsp. soy sauce 1/4 cup oyster sauce 1 cup pineapple juice 1 whole star anise or sanke 6 cloves garlic, crushed 1 stick cinnamon bark 2 Tbsp. sugar 2 Tbsp. cornstarch salt or patis (fish sauce) 50 grams Shitake mushrooms (optional) How to cook Pata Tim: When buying the pork leg, it is easier to prepare if you will ask the meat vendor to chop it for you about 1-1/2 inch thick. Wash the pork pata in running water and soak in water for at least half an hour to remove the all the blood and to lessen the odor. Drain and put in a pot and fill with water just enough to cover the pork. Let boil until the scum floats then drain again and rinse to remove the remaining scum. Fill with water again just like what you did before and add in soy sauce, pineapple juice,  garlic, star anise and cinnamon bark. Let boil and simmer for about an hour to 1-1/2 hour. Add more water if necessarily. Then add sugar and oyster sauce. Boil again for 30 minutes or until the pork is tender. Add in the mushroom and continue cooking until the skin is soft and with a gelatin texture and the liquid is reduced to half. Mix cornstarch with 3 Tbsp water and pour in to thicken the sauce. Season with salt or fish sauce to taste. In the meantime, wash and trim the bok choy.  Blanch in a saucepan with boiling water for 2 minutes. Then mix the bok choy with the pata tim and serve hot. You can make it more presentable by doing this: upon serving the pata tim, arrange a bed of blanched  bok choy on a platter. Then put the pork leg pieces and mushrooms on the bok choy and pour over the sauce on the pata tim. Try Other Recipes : Paksiw na Pata (Pickled Pork Legs) Paksiw na pata is one of the well known Filipino dish. Pork legs or pork hock is braised in ... Paksiw na Pata with Beer Paksiw na pata with beer is almost the same as the well known paksiw na pata which is pork l ... Lola Ramona's Humba Humba recipes usually use pork shoulder or other meaty parts of the pig but this recipe, Lol ...