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Easy, Homemade Pork Leg Kare-Kare Recipe

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I love the Pinoy dish kare-kare but I have not really cooked it at home. That is because its price in restaurants makes me think that it’s tedious to make. But I discovered that it isn’t so I am sharing with you how I prepared it, along with some cooking tips. Here is my easy pork leg kare-kare recipe that you can also try at home.

Pork Leg Kare-Kare Recipe

Preparing this kare-kare recipe may be divided into 3 parts: cooking the pork, preparing the sauce, and steaming the vegetables. It only needs a few ingredients, a number of which you can just grab from the ones you usually have at home.

One very important ingredient that should not be skipped is the peanut butter for the kare-kare sauce. I use the homemade peanut butter that a friend makes because I am sure that it is made of pure peanuts and doesn’t have extenders.

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~ These aromatic vegetables make the broth really stand out, which makes the base of our kare-kare sauce. ~

Ingredients:

  • 1 Pata front (front pork hock), sliced and blanched
  • Garlic, sliced onions, ginger, green onions, bay leaf, salt and pepper for boiling
  • At least 6 cups water for boiling
  • 1/4 cup glutinous rice flour, toasted
  • Anato oil (recipe here)
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • Broth
  • 1 pc chili
  • Salt and pepper
  • Shrimp paste (bagoong)
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~ Anato oil is prepared by frying achuete seeds in oil. You can fry the seeds several times to get that deep orange-colored oil. ~

Assorted Fresh Vegetables

  • Eggplants, sliced
  • Small mustard greens,
  • String beans, sliced
  • Green onions
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~ I just bought this pack of glutinous rice flour and toasted it myself. This homemade peanut butter by a friend also worked well. You don’t have to make everything from scratch because that would be too tedious. We don’t have time for that. Finding the right products to use is the key. ~

Procedure:

1. Clean and blanch the pork in boiling water. Discard the water.

2. Boil water in a deep pot together with the aromatic vegetables, salt, and pepper. Tenderize the pork hocks here by boiling for at least an hour (20-30 minutes with a pressure cooker). Set aside.

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~ Strain the flavorful pork broth from boiling the hocks in order to make the sauce. ~

3. In a pan, lightly toast the glutinous rice flour, moving it around constantly to prevent burning. Do this until the flour turns a bit brown. Mix in the anato oil.

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~ The glutinous rice flour is the thickener while the anato oil give the kare-kare its distinct color. ~
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~ When the flour and oil are mixed well, add the broth. Season to taste. ~

4. Pour in about 5 cups of the pork broth and mix in the peanut butter. Bring to a boil and add the pork slices. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for several minutes until thick.

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~ Tender pork hocks cooking in peanut sauce until thick. ~

For a tastier kare-kare, add some fish sauce into the mix.

5. In a steamer, arrange the sliced vegetables and bring water to a boil. Steam the vegetables, covered, for 5 minutes.

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~ Steam vegetables for only 5 minutes and rinse them in cold water to arrest cooking. ~

6. Serve the kare-kare with steamed vegetables and shrimp paste on the side.

Enjoy!

You will surely impress the family with this kare-kare recipe and you did it without much effort! Let me know how it turns out for you.

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~ Wouldn’t you be proud to present this plate to your family this weekend? ~
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5 thoughts on “Easy, Homemade Pork Leg Kare-Kare Recipe

  1. Good morning Mommy Sigrid finally matututunan ko nrin ang kare kare recipe and i enjoyed reading this blog. Ang sarap po ksi ng lutom=ng ito kaso honestly di ko sigurado pano sya timplahan at maluto bka mgkamali ako ng timpla.But now im so happy that you shared kare kare recipe now i know the ingredients and process ng pag cook nia. sending love Mommy Sig god bless po

  2. Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe ma.. Sino ba naman ang aayaw pag nakita at natikman ang ganitong home made kare kare.. 😋💖 Mas masarap parin po talaga na ikaw mismo ang nagprepare ng food na kakainin nila.. Sure na malinis..

  3. Nakakatakam naman yan maa. Mas masarap talaga pag salu saluhan ang homemade na ulam. Thanks for sharing this recipe mommy sig. For sure na magugustuhan din yan ng pamilya ko.

  4. It’s one of the dish na gustong gusto ko talaga matutunan gawin and I’m happy to see this blog post. Thanks for sharing this very detailed recipe. Super yummy na, ang dali pang gawin. And yes! The best padin talaga ang lutong bahay compared sa mga nabibili na sa fastfood and resto’s. Mas masarap na mas special pa dahil may kasamang pagmamahal while you’re cooking the dish. Will definitely try this recipe, ma.

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