Ilocos Empanada or Batac/Laoag Empanada is one of our favorite foods that we tried on our wonderful adventure. During our stay in Pagudpud we indulged on this unique Ilocos delicacy, it is composed of rice flour for the crust with achuete to give it a bright orange color, filling of egg and mongo sprouts also known as "toge" , grated green papaya and Laoag Longanisa (yum!) which adds more flavor to it. You can dip it with either Ilocos vinegar or catsup which enhances the taste of the empanada.
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| Yummy Empanada! |
Ilocos actually has two kinds of empanada, the Vigan Empanada and the Laoag/Batac Empanada. Unfortunately we were not able to taste Vigan's Empanada, though there's not much difference on the ingredients except for the Longanisa, Vigan's Empanada is crispier, thinner and also light colored. The next time we go to Ilocos we will surely try it!
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