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Patitas de Puerco en Escabeche

Pork trotters simmered for hours until they fall apart, then dressed with a jalapeño, carrot and herb escabeche. A collagen-rich Oaxacan drinking snack that is best served warm, with the tangy pickle spooned over.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on1 h 15 min
  • Total4 h 57 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Escabeche

  • 40 mlextra-virgin olive oil
  • 65 gsmall white onions, quartered (2 small)
  • 2 clovesgarlic, small, peeled
  • 95 gcarrots, peeled and cut into strips (about 5/8 cup)
  • 65 gjalapeños, rinsed and sliced into strips (about 8)
  • ½ leafbay leaves
  • 1 tspdried oregano
  • 2 sprigsdried thyme
  • to tastesea salt
  • 40 mlapple cider vinegar

Pork feet

  • 900 gpork feet, cut into quarters by the butcher (four pieces per trotter)
  • 950 mlwater
  • 15 gwhite onion, half of a small onion, quartered
  • 10 ggarlic cloves, peeled
  • 1½whole cloves
  • ½allspice berries
  • ½ leafbay leaves
  • 1½ tspdried oregano
  • 0.63 tspsea salt

Contains

  • Pome fruits (any)
  • Apple
  • Olive
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Carrot
  • Oregano
  • Thyme
  • Bay leaf
  • Allspice
  • Clove
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Pork
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: low

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