Filipino Pork Chicharon (Chicharrones)
Filipino Pork Chicharon or Chicharrón is a popular dish in Andalusia, Spain, & Latin America & is part of the traditional cuisines of Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil (where it is called torresmo), Peru, the Philippines & others. The singular form, chicharrón, is also used as a mass noun, especially in the Philippines where words do not have a pluralized form. They are usually made with different cuts of pork, but sometimes made with ram meat. In Puerto Rico chicharrones are also made with chicken, in Argentina with beef, & in Peru with chicken or fish.
The pork rind type is the skin of the pork after it has been seasoned & deep fried. In Mexico they are eaten in a taco or gordita with salsa verde. In Latin America they are eaten alone as a snack, with cachapas, as a stuffing in arepas or pupusas, or as the meat portion of various stews & soups.
In the Philippines, tsitsaron, as it is spelled in Filipino (chicharon is now an acceptable variant term, a derivative of the Spanish word chicharrón) is usually eaten with vinegar or with bagoong, lechon liver sauce, or pickled papaya called atchara. Tsitsarong manok, made from chicken skin, is also popular.
Filipino Pork Chicharon Ingredients:
2 pounds pork rind, cut into 1-inch squares
3 cups water
1 Tblsp salt
1 cup vegetable or corn oil
DIPPING SAUCE:
3 Tblsps apple cider vinegar
3 cloves crushed garlic
patis or salt & freshly ground pepper to taste
Pork Chicharon Cooking Instructions:
Boil cut pork rind in water & salt for 30 minutes.
On a baking pan, spread the cooked pork rind & bake at 300 degrees F for 3 hours.
Set aside & let cool.
Deep fry rinds in a skillet in hot oil over high heat until they puff up.
DIPPING SAUCE:
Combine all ingredients & mix well.
Source
I thought that the definition was interesting & informative, so I copied it straight into my blog. The original can be found at Finoy Recipe.net.
Notes:
You can also season the pork rinds with Shichimi Togarashi -- a blend of 7 Japanese spices.
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