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Crispy Pata

📍 Chicago Filipino $$$

at Kasama

"Kasama's crispy pata is the deep-fried whole pork knuckle with skin crackled to glass and spiced vinegar that represents Filipino cooking at its most spectacular. The pork is braised first, then deep-fried until the skin shatters and the interior is tender. The spiced vinegar cuts through the richness. This is what Filipino celebration food looks like."

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"Kasama's crispy pata is the deep-fried whole pork knuckle with skin crackled to glass and spiced vinegar that represents Filipino cooking at its most spectacular. The pork is braised first, then deep-fried until the skin shatters and the interior is tender. The spiced vinegar cuts through the richness. This is what Filipino celebration food looks like."