Spicy Trotter

Name: Spicy Trotter
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1500g Pig front hoof; 30g Red Dried Pepper; 30g Vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon Refined salt; 2 teaspoons Sesame pepper; 30g Doubanjiang; 30g ginger; 5 small pieces Cinnamon; 2 pcs star anise; 5 slices Bay leaf

by Dance of wolf

4.7 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

2h

Serving

2

Pig's hoof, the front hoof is generally called "pigshou", and the back hoof is called "pig's feet", which is anthropomorphic. Trotter is rich in collagen, which can prevent and treat skin wrinkles, enhance skin elasticity and toughness, and have special significance for delaying aging and promoting growth and development of children. For this reason, people call trotters "beauty food" and "a delicacy similar to a bear's paw."

Spicy flavor should be a flavor that many people love. Anything with the word spicy is basically the rhythm of the fire. Such as spicy crayfish, spicy duck neck, spicy tang, mapo tofu, spicy beef shreds, spicy chicken slices, hairy belly hot pot, etc. It can be seen how people love this spicy, salty and fragrant, and hot to the extreme taste. "

Spicy Trotter

1. Shave the trotters clean with a knife.

2. Lay the trotters flat on the cutting board and cut with a kitchen knife from the toe end.

3. Stand the trotters upright and split them into two pieces along the seam with a knife.

4. If you want to buy trotters, you must buy this kind with tendons.

5. Use a knife to cut the trotters from the seam and cut them into large sections.

6. Put the chopped trotters into a boiling pot, pour the water that has not covered the trotters, and remove them after a high heat.

7. Remove the blanched trotters, rinse off the scum, and pour it into a casserole.

8. Cut the dried red pepper into sections and prepare a small handful of sesame pepper.

9. Pour oil into the wok, dig into two tablespoons of bean paste, and fry the red oil on low heat.

10. Add sesame pepper, red pepper, cinnamon, star anise, and fry the bay leaves over low heat to create a fragrance.

11. Pour in clean water.

12. Bring to a boil on high heat.

13. Pour the cooked spicy soup into the casserole.

14. Put the casserole on the stove and bring it to a boil.

15. Simmer for 40 minutes on low heat, add appropriate amount of salt, and simmer for 10 minutes.

Tips:
1. There are a lot of small meat on the front bones of the trotters. If you buy trotters, you need to buy ones with tendons. This kind of trotters has more collagen and makes the soup thick when cooked.

2. The bean paste has salinity, so add the refined salt to the right amount.