Boneless Crispy Pata

Something to prepare during a special occasion. The crispy skin and soft meat will make everyone get more than a second serving. (Finio Restaurant is located at 220 Tomas Morato Ave., Quezon City; tel. no: 415-1278)


Serves 4 Prep Time 5 minutes  Cooking Time 35 minutes, plus 90 minutes boiling time

1 kilo pork leg (pata)
2 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
2 tablespoons rock salt
3 pieces laurel leaves
4 cups vegetable oil for deep-frying

1  Debone and cook the pork leg or pata in boiling water with salt and whole black peppercorn for 1 1/2 hours. Cool.

2  Place pata in a deep pan filled with cooking oil; simmer for 20 minutes on very low heat.

3  Set aside to cool.

4  Place again in cooking oil and simmer for another 10 minutes on very low heat. Then deep-fry for 5 minutes on high heat, or until golden brown and crispy.

5  Slice into thin rounds and serve with soy vinaigrette (see next page) on the side.


Frying tip This frying technique–simmer-cool-simmer and deep-fry–is the secret to achieving that extra crispy skin.

Photography by Miguel Nacianceno | Styling by Sharlene Tan

• ronnie 4 months ago Report Abuse

     

  Good day! Pls share how to debonr the pata. Thanks
• audie 9 months ago Report Abuse

     

  how to deboned pata? pls teach me how to do it..thanks
• d4n1 Dec 20 2010 @ 04:10pm Report Abuse

     

  same question with them..how to deboned pata?
• Ernie Nov 10 2010 @ 03:26pm Report Abuse

     
• frances Jan 08 2010 @ 10:21am Report Abuse

     

  I have been wanting to cook this, please share how you debone the pork pata. Thank you in advance!
• irene Nov 21 2009 @ 02:20pm Report Abuse

     

  delicious!!! but how to debone the pork pata?
• cecille a. sosa Nov 15 2009 @ 09:02pm Report Abuse

     

  it seems yummy recipe and i want to try it but pls send thru my email how to debone the pork leg, thanks
• cecille a. sosa Nov 15 2009 @ 09:02pm Report Abuse

     

  it seems yummy recipe and i want to try it but pls send thru my email how to debone the pork leg, thanks
• weng Oct 23 2009 @ 01:14am Report Abuse

     

  same question... how to debone the pata?
• julie Oct 15 2009 @ 12:31pm Report Abuse

     

  How do you debone the pork pata?
• Michelle Oct 12 2009 @ 09:36am Report Abuse

     

  this is my next target :)
• twilighter Oct 08 2009 @ 02:32pm Report Abuse

     

  i always wonder how they cook this delicious crispy pata, i will try this one. thanks for sharing the recipe.
• winnie Sep 08 2009 @ 02:09pm Report Abuse

     

  thank you for sharing the frying technique to make the extra crispy skin of pata..wow..let's do it..hmmmm