# Menudo

This recipe is for a delicious and easy-to-make Menudo, perfect for the holiday season.

- Total time: 180 min
- Cuisine: Filipino
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 lbs menudo
- 5 lbs menudo
- pata (pig feet)
- water
- 0.5 onion
- hojas de laurel
- salt
- 10 guajillo chiles
- 5 California chiles
- 6 garlic cloves
- whole cumin
- whole pepper
- oregano
- Knorr de Pollo
- water from chiles
- maíz (hominy)

## Instructions

1. Wash the menudo really well.
2. Let the menudo sit in lime juice and water or vinegar for 20-30 minutes.
3. Add pata (pigs feet), water, 1/2 onion, hojas de laurel, and salt to a pot.
4. Cook the pata for 30-45 minutes.
5. Cut the menudo into bite-size pieces.
6. Add 4 lbs of menudo, 1/2 onion, hojas de laurel, a whole head of garlic, salt, and water to a large pot.
7. Cook the menudo on medium-high heat for 1 hour.
8. Boil 10 guajillo chiles and 5 California chiles.
9. Add the boiled chiles, 6 garlic cloves, whole cumin, whole pepper, 1/3 onion, oregano, salt, Knorr de pollo, and water from the chiles to a blender.
10. Blend until smooth to make the salsa.
11. Drain and rinse the maiz.
12. After 1 hour, add the salsa and maiz to the menudo pot.
13. Add half of a menudo mix (optional).
14. Cook for another 2 hours.

## Equipment

- bowl
- pot
- knife
- cutting board
- blender
- strainer
- spoon

## Tips

- Adding pata is OPTIONAL.
- Cook pata separately if desired.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTraxLh1s/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/131fbdbf-40ce-499a-982f-abef36ccbeb2
- Extracted: 2025-12-05

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