Brine Trotters

Name: Brine Trotters
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 5 Trotters; 3 pcs star anise; 3g pepper; Some Bay leaf; 1 piece ginger; Some Seasoning for boiled meat; 60g Soy sauce; 100g Umami Soy Sauce; 100g Cooking Wine; Some salt

by Xiaoyingzi Gourmet

4.9 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

2h

Serving

5

The trotters are nutritious and taste delicious. It is not only a common dish, but also a tonic. After the collagen in the trotters is absorbed by the human body, it can promote the absorption and storage of water by the skin cells, prevent the skin from being dry and wrinkled, and make the facial skin appear plump and shiny. Pig's trotters soup also has the effect of prolactin, which can play a dual role of prolactin and beauty for lactating women.
Another important role is that it is placed as a hard dish at the main place of the family banquet during the Chinese New Year. No matter who is rich or poor, if you don’t cook a pot of pig's knuckles during the Chinese New Year, you have to buy a few if you are lazy. It is prepared for guests to enjoy, so pig's trotters are a popular Chinese New Year dish. But now if you want to eat trotters, you can buy a few in the supermarket at any time.

Brine Trotters

1. Clean the trotters with water bubbles

2. Boil in a pot of boiling water

3. 5 minutes to fish out

4. At this time, you can use tweezers to pull out the visible pig hair

5. 3 star anise peppers 3 g bay leaves appropriate amount of ginger, appropriate amount of boiled meat seasoning, 60 grams of soy sauce, umami flavor, 100 grams of cooking wine, 100 grams of salt, appropriate amount

6. Put the trotters into the boiling pot, put in the water and the trotters are basically level

7. Put the seasoning

8. Then put the liquid seasoning into

9. After boiling, change the heat to a low heat and simmer for 40 minutes, then add an appropriate amount of salt

10. Continue to cook until one of the chopsticks is lightly pierced and the heat can be turned off. After another 2 hours, it will taste better.

Tips:
1. The purchased pig's feet are not handled very cleanly, and it needs to be processed. Use tweezers to pull out the visible pig's hair.
2. Don't take out the cooked pig's feet in a hurry, soak them in the pot for 2 hours, it will be more delicious, and the warm pig's feet will taste more chewy.
3. It is best to buy trotters with short and thick forelegs. The forelegs are thick and delicious.
4. The addition of salt and liquid seasoning should be adjusted according to the total amount of water added