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Brine Pig's trotters are quite delicious and simple home-cooked dishes but how to make this dish taste good, the method and steps are crucial. Below Cooking Network editor will tell us about the steps for making braised pig's trotters, let's see how to make them both delicious and tasty.
Braised Pig's Trotters Ingredients Introduction
Main ingredients:
Pig's trotters (950 grams)
Auxiliary ingredients:
Soy sauce (appropriate amount)(appropriate amount) Salt (appropriate amount), sugar (appropriate amount) Monosodium glutamate (appropriate amount) Black pepper powder (appropriate amount) Five-spice powder (appropriate amount) Sichuan peppercorns (appropriate amount) Star anise (four pieces) Cinnamon (appropriate amount), Sichuan basil leaf (two pieces), cooking wine (appropriate amount) Ginger (appropriate amount) Dried Red pepper (two pieces) Steps for braised pig's trotters:
1. Prepare main ingredients: When buying, ask the merchant to cut each pig's trotter into two halves.
2. Cut ginger into slices and star anise, cinnamon, dried red pepper, star anise, Sichuan peppercorns put in a bowl for preparation.
3. Add water to the soup pot and pour cooking wine, then add the pig's trotters, cover the lid and cook on high heat.
4. Boil for five minutes, then remove the pig's trotters.
5. Check if there are hairs; use pliers to remove them. This is a picture of the pig's trotters after boiling.
6. Re-add water to the pot, put in the pig's trotters, add ginger, star anise, cinnamon, dried red pepper, and Sichuan peppercorns.
7. Add soy sauce, dark soy sauce.
8. Cover the lid and cook on high heat for a while, then switch to low heat and braise for one hour.
9. After an hour, uncover the pot and add salt, sugar, five-spice powder, black pepper powder, continue braising for another hour.
10. Another hour later, add monosodium glutamate, turn off the fire, do not open the lid and let it sit for at least three hours (I brined them overnight).
11. This is a picture of the pig's trotters after braising overnight; because it was a bit cold outside, there was some oil that froze on top, heat up if necessary.
12. Remove and serve in a dish for the final picture; time to eat!
Tips:
11 The brine can be adjusted according to personal taste, supermarkets also sell pre-made brine mixes
(1) You can cut the pig's trotters into smaller pieces to shorten the braising time. (2) When buying pig's trotters, make sure they are boiled first to remove blood. (3) Place the pig's trotters in the pot with the skin side up to prevent it from sticking to the bottom during cooking.place the pig's feet in the pot with the skin side up to prevent the skin from sticking to the bottom during cooking water 4 ensure that the skin side is upwards when placing the pig's feet in the pot
