[Filipino Recipes] Pata Hamonado

Pata hamonado or Sticky Sweet Pork Hock is a type of stew where pork hocks are slowly braised in a soy sauce and pineapple juice base infused with lots of garlic. It might look similar to another Filipino dish called Patatim but this dish have a hint of freshness and tang due to the use of pineapple juice in the simmering process. This dish was named after a closely related dish called Hamon (Pineapple Glazed Pork Leg Ham) due to its similarity in some components of the dish like the use of pork leg and pineapple juice.

Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 2 hours 15 mins
Total time: 2 hours 30 mins

Serves: 6

Ingredients

2 pcs small pork legs
400g sliced pineapples
½ cup soy sauce
3 cups pineapple juice
1 cup water
fish sauce (adjust the amount according to your liking)
2 tsp peppercorn
1 whole garlic, minced
oil

Instructions

- In a pot, brown garlic in oil.
- Add pork leg and brown on all sides.
- Now add all of the remaining ingredients, apart from the sliced pineapples.
- Bring to a boil and slowly simmer for 2 hrs.
- Add the pineapples then simmer for additional 15 minutes. Serve.

This recipe and image sources are referred in website: Angsarap.net. Thanks so much!