Chicharon Bulaklak Recipe

Chicharon Chicharon bulaklak is a popular Filipino appetizer usually served as “pulutan” served with either beer or other alcoholic beverages. But you don’t have to drink beer to enjoy this appetizer. Just serve it with spiced vinegar as a dipping sauce and enjoy. But just eat moderately because it is high in cholesterol and it contains mostly fat. Just for the info, chicharon bulaklak is not pig intestine but only the membrane or tissue that attached to the small intestines of pigs called mesentery. Also called ruffle fat because it contains mostly fat. And I think the reason why is called chicharon bulaklak is because of its appearance, which looks like flowers. You don’t usually find ruffle fat in meat vendors but only the small…