Paksiw na Pata

This dish is basically pig hocks cooked in vinegar.

Pata is from the Spanish word for “feet” and paksiw is a cooking method that involves stewing in vinegar, garlic and other spices.

There are many paksiw dishes in Filipino cuisine, and it is quite common to transform leftovers into a paksiw dish. For example, leftover lechon (whole roasted pig) is turned into paksiw na lechon.

Use vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, whole peppercorns, bay leaves, salt and dried banana blossoms or dried lily buds.