Braised Pork Knuckles with Brown Sugar and Ginger
1.
Prepare all kinds of ingredients and defrost the pig's feet. Cinnamon, star anise and bay leaves play the role of removing fishy and enhancing fragrance. The purpose of dried hawthorn will be discussed later.
2.
Cut the pig's feet longitudinally along the seam and divide them into several pieces. Clean the fluff from the folds and wash the pig's feet with white vinegar.
3.
Put half of the green onions, ginger, and star anise in a small pot, pour in cold water and pig's feet, boil over high heat, and skim the foam. Then remove the pig's feet and seasonings, pour them into the wok together, and simmer for a while.
4.
Add cold water to the wok, pat loose ginger slices, brown sugar, salt, rice wine, cinnamon bay leaves, dried hawthorn, stir well and bring to a boil over high heat.
5.
Pour the pig's feet and all the seasonings in the soup into the electric pressure cooker, select the option "Tendron" and start. About fifty minutes, open the lid and take it out and pour it into an iron pan. If you use a pressure cooker, do the same.
6.
Finally, collect the juice from the fire, let the juice hang on the pig's feet, and you can eat it after serving.
Tips:
(1) Washing with white vinegar can remove the fishy smell and increase the fragrance. Don't worry about it becoming sour, just remove it when you blanch it.
(2) The method of removing pig hair: you can burn it with the fire of a spray gun, or pull it off with tweezers after blanching, or you can simply cut off the small piece of pig skin with kitchen scissors.
(3) Both blanching and dry blanching can not be omitted, blanching can remove impurities, and dry blanching will remove the fishy smell and excess oil under the skin, and it will not be greasy to eat.
(4) Ginger is best to use old ginger, which has a stronger taste, cut into thick slices, and it will be easier to taste after patted. Dried hawthorn can make the pig's feet easier to cook and make the meat more tender. In addition, the sweet and sour taste of hawthorn matches well with the taste of ginger sugar, which can relieve greasiness and aid digestion, and it is not easy to grow meat when eaten with meat.