PHILIPPINES
Preparation
1.
Preheat oven to 350F.
2.
Meanwhile, arrange the pork leg in a baking tray lined
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with aluminium foil. Coat the leg with cooking oil either
by rubbing with cooking oil or using the cooking oil spray
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such as Pam.
3.
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
4.
Remove the pork from the oven. Let it cool down.
5.
Arrange the pork (pig leg) in a wide cooking pot or Dutch
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oven. Pour-in water. Let boil.
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Ingredients
• 1 piece (3 to 4 lbs.) pig
leg
• 1 teaspoon whole
cloves
• 12 pieces dried bay
leaves
• 2 pieces cinnamon
sticks
• 6 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 tablespoon onion
powder
• 4 tablespoons cooking
oil or cooking oil spray
•
8 cups water
6.
Once the water starts to boil, add the onion powder,
garlic, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Cover and
simmer for 45 minutes.
7.
Remove the pork from the cooking pot. Let the liquid
drip while the meat cools down. Make incisions on the
pig leg so that seasonings (such as salt and pepper) can
easily penetrate and gets absorbed. It will also help the
inner part of the leg cook faster.
8.
Arrange the pig leg on the same baking tray. rub salt and
pepper all over the leg. Spray with cooking oil all over.
9. Bake in the oven at 350F for 150 to 180 minutes.
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