Secret Elbow

Secret Elbow

by Uncle who loves life

4.7 (1)
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Difficulty

Easy

Time

1h 30m

Serving

5

The front elbow, also known as the front hoof, has a thick skin, many tendons, heavy gum, and lean meat. It is often cooked with skin and is fat but not greasy.

Secret Elbow

1. Clean up the front elbow of the pig.

Secret Elbow recipe

2. Put the cooking wine in a pot under cold water, cook for 20 minutes, remove and wash.

Secret Elbow recipe

3. Heat the pot and pour the oil, add rock sugar to fry, add the elbows for coloring, pour in the cooking wine, Shaoxing rice wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, soy sauce, ginger slices, green onions, add boiling water to cover the elbows.

Secret Elbow recipe

4. Prickly ash, fennel, star anise, nutmeg, hawthorn, tangerine peel, clove, cinnamon, and grass fruit are made into a packet, put in a pressure cooker, and press for 20 minutes.

Secret Elbow recipe

5. Deflate and turn over and press for another 20 minutes.

Secret Elbow recipe

6. After deflation, open the lid, remove the elbow, make a few strokes on it, and steam it in a steamer for half an hour to remove and serve.

Secret Elbow recipe

7. Deboning the elbows, put the soup from the steamed elbows in a wok on high heat until the juice is thick, and then pour it on the elbows.

Secret Elbow recipe

Tips:

Pork knuckles should not be eaten with ebony plum, licorice, crucian carp, shrimp, pigeon meat, escargot, almonds, donkey meat, lamb liver, coriander, soft-shelled turtle, water chestnut, buckwheat, quail meat, and beef. It is not advisable to drink large amounts of tea after eating pork.

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