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Patita con maní
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Patita con maní (pork trotters with peanuts)

Patita con maní is a traditional dish from my city featuring pork trotters.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 6 pork trotters
  • 2 tbsp lard, bacon fat or tallow
  • 1 red onion finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 tsp ají amarillo
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 cup ground peanuts you can use almonds or cashews
  • 3 medium potatoes or 2 swedes
  • salt and pepper

To serve

  • cauliflower rice
  • salsa criolla
  • veggies of choice

Instructions

  • If you have a slow cooker and time, cook the pork trotters in water (cover them by 3 - 4 centimeters) for 8 - 10 hours. Alternatively, boil them in a pot until very tender.
  • Strain pork trotters and reserve the cooking liquid. Separate the meat from the bones and nails, reserve.
  • Heat fat in a pot or saucepan on low heat, cook onion, garlic and chili for 10 minutes.
  • Add meat, ground nuts, vinegar and 1 cup of the reserved cooking liquid. Cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add potatoes, season with salt and pepper, and cook for another 5 minutes.
  • Serve with cauliflower rice, salsa criolla and your choice of veggies (we had Brussel sprouts and fennel roasted in bacon fat).