Cocido de Paticas (Pig Trotters Stew)

Rating

4.92 stars (12 reviews)

Keywords

manitas de cerdo, patas de puerco guisada, patas de vaca guisada, pig feet soup, spanish pig feet recipe

Ingredients

• 2½ lbs pork trotters ([1 kg] cut into small pieces)
• Juice of 1 lime
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil ((peanut, soy or corn))
• leaves from a celery stalk
• 1 sprig thyme (fresh)
• 1 sprig oregano (fresh) (or 1 teaspoon of dry leaves)
• 2¼ teaspoons salt ((or more, to taste))
• ½ teaspoons pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground) ((or more, to taste))
• 4 garlic cloves (crushed)
• 1 large red onion (chopped)
• 1 celery stalk (chopped)
• 2 large tomato (chopped)
• 1 bell pepper (diced)
• 1 cup boiled chickpeas
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 4 floury potatoes (diced)
• 2 carrot (diced)
• ½ Scotch bonnet pepper (or habanero (optional))

Categories

• Dinner
• Lunch

Cuisine

• Dominican

Reviews

• Cheryl on 2021-11-03 (5 stars):
  Hi, I work with ladies from the Domican Republic. She brought in the most amazing smelling soup she can never tell me a true recipe. But, if you can help. I know it was made with pig feet, chick peas, onion garlic saffron , cilantro peppers……. I smelled so good I Need the recipe. Help!!
• Amanda on 2015-08-09 (5 stars):
  That was sooo good
• cj on 2015-07-20 (5 stars):
  followed your recipe and i made it! soooooo delicious! p.s. I did something unorthodox by adding a dash of mirin to brighten up the flavor even more.
• justin baptiste on 2013-11-15 (4 stars):
  great interesting dish;i like
• Santa on 2012-10-26 (5 stars):
  Thank you for your amazing recipes!!!
• Chrissy on 2012-10-21 (5 stars):
  I love Aunt Claras Kitchen!!!!
• Jamilla Demorizi on 2012-10-12 (5 stars):
  Beautiful photos!
• Charo on 2012-10-08 (5 stars):
  Count me in! This was guela's favorite, and I didn't love it until I grew up and grandma was barely able to cook when I visited. I miss her cooking a lot.
• Juanita on 2012-10-08 (5 stars):
  This is a very good stew, my family Dominican family was impressed.