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Crispy Tenga Recipe (Crispy Pig Ears)
This is a recipe for crispy tenga or cripsy pork ears.
Filipino Updated 10/24/2016
Ingredients
Measured from the catalog payload.
- 1.5 lbs pig ear cleaned thoroughly
- 4 cloves garlic chopped
- 4 to 6 pieces dried bay leaf
- 1 to 2 teaspoons peppercorn
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 5 tablespoons soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons white vinegar
- 4 cups cooking oil
Instructions
9 cooking steps
- Combine 5 cups water and pig ears in a pot. Let boil. Cover and boil in medium heat for 20 minutes. Discard the water.
- Pour a new batch of water to the pot where the ears are. Add garlic, bay leaves, whole peppercorn, and 1 teaspoon salt. Stir and let boil.
- Pour the soy sauce and vinegar on the pot. Let the liquid boil again. Cover and continue to boil in medium heat for 60 minutes or until tender.
- Remove the ear from the pot. Let it cool down and then slice into small pieces.
- Rub remaining 1 teaspoon salt all over the ears.
- Heat the oil in a deep fryer or deep cooking pot. Once the oil gets hot enough, deep-fry the pig ears until the texture becomes crispy.
- Remove from the deep fryer and let the excess oil drip.
- Transfer to a serving plate. Serve with spicy vinegar.
- Share and enjoy!
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