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Crispy Pata Recipe – How To Make Crispy Pata

Calgary Filipino — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:09:32 +0000

Crispy Pata Recipe. Learn how to make Crispy Pata with this Filipino Recipe. Crispy Pata is fried pork legs (“Pata” means Pork Feet in spanish). This is probably the most popular Filipino Pork Recipe. Crispy Pata is easy to eat and although is high in cholesterol, the soya sauce, vinigar and diced garlic sauce makes it irresistible and keeps customers coming back for more.

In Calgary, Chopstix Restaurant (403-235-1862, located at the corner of 17th avenue and 52nd street NE), is well known for their amazing Crispy Pata and is the favourite dish customers order when dining in or take out.

Crispy Pata Recipe Ingredients:

* 1 whole front pork knuckle – cleaned, cut the toes
* 1/4 cup of mama sita’s premium vinegar
* 6 cups of water
* 1 tbsp of black peppercorn
* 6 tbsp of rock salt
* 3 tbsp of crushed garlic
* 2 bay leafs
* 4 cups of oil for deep-frying

Crispy Pata Dipping Sauce Recipe Ingredients:

* 1/4 cup of water
* 1/4 onion – diced
* 2 pcs of finger chili – sliced
* 1/4 cup of mama sita’s premium vinegar

Crispy Pata Recipe Cooking Instructions:

1. In a large casserole, combine water, rock salt, vinegar, garlic, bay leafs, black peppercorns
2. stir until salt to dissolve the salt.
3. Add the pork knuckles
4. Cover and bring to a boil
5. Simmer for 1.5 hours until the pork is tender
6. Drain in a colander
7. Set aside in the refrigerator for 12 hours or overnight to dry
8. Heat the oil
9. Deep-fry pork until golden brown and crispy
10. Drain excess oil
11. Combine all sauce ingredients
12. Serve with the sauce.

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Lumpia Recipe – How To Make Lumpia

Calgary Filipino — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:04:03 +0000

Lumpia Recipe. Learn How To Make Lumpia with this Filipino Style Spring Rolls Recipe. As an appetizer or even a small quick meal, Fired Lumpia is one of the most popular Filipino Appetizer Recipes.

Lumpia Recipe Ingredients (Filling)

* 1/4 kg ground pork
* 1/8 kg shrimp, chopped
* 1/4 cup finely chopped carrot
* 1/4 cup of finely chopped celery
* 1/4 cup of finely chopped parsley
* 1 garlic clove, minced
* 1 egg, slightly beaten
* 3 tablespoons chopped white onions
* 1 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1 teaspoon sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 pinch pepper

Lumpia Recipe Sauce Ingredients (Sweet and Sour)

* 1 teaspoon cornstarch
* 2/3 cup water
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
* 2 tablespoons fish sauce

Lumpia Recipe Cooking Instructions

* Combine all ingredients for lumpia (spring roll) filling.
* Wrap in lumpia wrapper in long thin shape (approx 1 table spoon per sheet of wrapper).
* Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown.
* Drain excess oil.
* Cut into shorter lengths before serving.
* Prepare Sweet and Sour Sauce:.
* Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan, whisk until sugar and corn starch are dissolved, boil over high heat and reduce to preferred thickness.
* Serve with lumpia.

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8 Popular Filipino Christmas Food Recipes

Calgary Filipino — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:00:07 +0000

Its that time of the year again, where most Filipinos around the world celebrate Christmas! Christmas holidays also marks the days of feasting on traditional Philippine food at home, at a relative’s place or at a friend’s house.

If you’re new to cooking Filipino recipes or you’re simply looking to cook a different Filipino food recipe for the Christmas holidays this year, here’s a list of popular Philippine Christmas Food recipes that you may want to try to cook and share with your friends and family:

Do you have a favourite Filipino Christmas Recipe thats not listed here? tell us in your comment below!

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8 Popular Filipino Christmas Food Recipes