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LaPazbatchoy
LaPazbatchoywasfirstcookedup
in themarket inLaPaz, Iloilo.True
toFilipino form, thisdeliciousPinoy
favoritewasmadenotonlywithwhat
wasavailable,butalso fromwhatwas left
over. “Everything inbatchoycanbe found
withinthemarket,”saysSandy. “Itutilizes
pork intestines, liver,porkskin—all the
leftoverparts.WhenIvisitedLaPaz
market, thebrothwassimmered fordays
and justrefilled.Thisgave itsucharich
aromaandflavor.”Therecipe is topped
offwithroundnoodlesandcrushedpork
crackling(thepicturedversionuses
shrimp) forasatisfying, tastymeal.
