[tianjin] Spicy Pork Trotters
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Two pig trotter, it is best to let the buyer of the pig trotter split small pieces, this is difficult to handle by yourself. Use tweezers to clean up any pig hair that has not been cleaned. After washing, put it in a pot of cold water and boil it.
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Boil the water for two minutes to remove any blood foam.
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Remove and rinse. This step cannot be omitted. If the blood foam is not cleaned, it will have a stench.
4.
Prepare green onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, star anise, fennel seeds, bay leaves, and chili.
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Pour a small amount of oil into the pan, add the cold oil to the rock sugar and stir-fry the sugar color over a low fire. The sugar color is said to make the trotters astringent and ruddy, not to increase the sweetness.
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Remember to stir-fry the sugar color on a low fire. The rock sugar melts and fry until the syrup turns dark brown. Add the pig's feet in controlled dry water and stir fry, so that each piece of the pig's feet is stained with sugar.
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Put all the seasonings in and fry them together to create a fragrance.
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Add two spoons of soy sauce to the cooking wine. If the sugar color is light, you can put an appropriate amount of soy sauce. It depends on the situation. I have a darker sugar color so I only add light soy sauce.
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Add water that is more than trotters, this water can be cold water. Add enough.
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Add appropriate amount of salt, cover, high heat and turn to low heat to simmer for about 90 minutes. Open the lid and turn it over with a spatula. If there is less water in the middle, add hot water.
11.
The pig's trotters must be stewed for a long time to make the gum delicious. I simmered this for 90 minutes, adding hot water twice in the middle.
12.
It's really sticky, full of collagen, it's hard to love it or not.
Tips:
If you want to make pig's trotters that are sticky and sticky, it is best to cook them in an iron or casserole for a long time, which is more time-consuming. Regarding the degree of spiciness, you can add chili according to the degree of spiciness you eat. You can add more chili if you like, and you can put less or don't let it if you don't like it. Also talk about the fried sugar color. If the sugar color is not fried, the color will not be so ruddy. The sugar color will be bitter when it is fried. If it is difficult for a novice to master this heat, then you would rather not be able to cook it.