Pata kare-kare

2 servings

90 minutes

Usually Filipino kare-kare is made from oxtails - this is closer to another dish, pata-tim, also Filipino, but of Chinese origin.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 785.8
• Proteins: 42.2g
• Fats: 64.1g
• Carbohydrates: 12.6g

Ingredients

• Anise (star anise): 1 pc
• Pork shanks: 400 g
• Curry sauce: 40 g
• Ginger: 5 g
• Tomato sauce: 20 g
• Peanut: 20 g
• Pak Choi Salad: 30 g
• Vegetable oil: 0.5 tbsp
• Onion: 20 g
• Vinegar 9%: 5 ml
• Garlic: 1 head
• Salt: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Pour one and a half liters of water over the meat, add ginger and vinegar, and boil for about forty-five minutes. Add salt at the end.

   Required ingredients:

   • Pork shanks: 400 g
   • Ginger: 5 g
   • Vinegar 9%: 5 ml
   • Salt:  to taste

2. Fry a whole head of garlic in vegetable oil. Then sauté finely chopped onion until golden brown. Mix with curry sauce, tomato sauce, and star anise. Add the shank and cook for twenty minutes on low heat. Add crushed peanuts and pak choi, then remove from heat after a couple of minutes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Vegetable oil: 0.5 tablespoon
   • Garlic: 1 head
   • Onion: 20 g
   • Curry sauce: 40 g
   • Tomato sauce: 20 g
   • Anise (star anise): 1 piece
   • Peanut: 20 g
   • Pak Choi Salad: 30 g

3. Serve with flatbreads, fried garlic - optionally with cilantro and red onion.

   Required ingredients:

   • Garlic: 1 head
   • Salt:  to taste