Pig Trotters are also called pig feet. It is one of the most common and delicious ingredients. Braised pig trotters made from it. This dish is rich in nutrition and it is a traditional and common home-cooked dish with a strong taste and fat but not greasy taste.
What is pig trotter?
Pig’s trotters refer to the pig’s feet (hoofs) and calves. In China, it is also called Yuan Shou. In the Chinese world, trotters are one of the most frequently eaten parts, and there are many different cooking practices. The trotters are rich in collagen and have a lower fat content than fat. It can prevent dry skin wrinkles, enhance skin elasticity and toughness. And it has special significance for delaying aging and it also can promote children’s growth and development.
Pig trotter benefits:
It can help people fight to age, promote cell growth, and improve coronary heart disease. Trotters and pig’s skin contain a lot of collagen protein, which can be converted into gelatin during cooking. It keeps the cells moist, prevents premature skin wrinkling, and delays the aging process of the skin.
Trotters have a certain adjuvant effect on patients with frequent limb fatigue, leg cramps, numbness, gastrointestinal bleeding, hemorrhagic shock and ischemic brain. It is also suitable for the elderly after major surgery and during the recovery of serious illness. It also contributes to adolescent growth and slows the rate of osteoporosis in middle-aged and older women.
Pig trotter hair removal tip
Wash the pig’s trotters first, then boil them in boiling water until the skin is swollen, then use fingertips to remove the hair.
How to make pig trotter?
Braised Pig Trotter Recipe:
Braised Pig Trotter Recipe Ingredients:
•1 pig trotter, remove the hair and cut into bite size chunks
•1/2 tablespoon ginger slices
•water as needed
•1 green onion, chopped
•5 tablespoons cooking wine or beer
•2 tablespoons crystal sugar
•1 tablespoon cooking oil
•2 bay leaves
•1 cinnamon stick
•4 star anises
•2 teaspoons salt
•2 tablespoons light soy sauce
•1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
•4 mushrooms
Braised Pig Trotter Recipe Instructions:
1. Wash the pig trotter and put it with the cold water in a wok. Heat the wok, and cook the pig trotter for 5 minutes to bring out the meat flavor. Remove the pork trotter and wash off the floating foam on the meat surface with warm water. Set aside.
2. Heat a wok with oil, and stir-fry garlic, ginger and green onion until fragrant. Transfer it on a plate. Set aside.
3. Add the crystal sugar in the wok and stir-fry until it dissolved.
4. Pour the pig trotter and stir-fry a few times. Add the cooked garlic, ginger and green onion in the wok. Add star anises, bay leaves, cinnamon stick and mushrooms and stir-fry until fragrant.
5. Then, add the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt, cooking wine and water. (The water just covers the trotters.)
6. Cover the lid, and simmer the pork trotter for 50 minutes under medium heat until the sauce has thickened. (Remember to flip over to avoid sticking wok) Serve.
Braised Pig Trotter Recipe Tip:
If you use a pressure cooker to cook the pig trotter, it will taste tenderer.
Braised Pig Trotter
Ingredients
- 1 pig trotter remove the hair and cut into bite size chunks
- 1/2 tablespoon ginger slices
- water as needed
- 1 green onion chopped
- 5 tablespoons cooking wine or beer
- 2 tablespoons crystal sugar
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4 star anises
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 4 mushrooms
Instructions
- Wash the pig trotter and put it with the cold water in a wok. Heat the wok, and cook the pig trotter for 5 minutes to bring out the meat flavor. Remove the pork trotter and wash off the floating foam on the meat surface with warm water. Set aside.
- Heat a wok with oil, and stir-fry garlic, ginger and green onion until fragrant. Transfer it on a plate. Set aside.
- Add the crystal sugar in the wok and stir-fry until it dissolved.
- Pour the pig trotter and stir-fry a few times. Add the cooked garlic, ginger and green onion in the wok. Add star anises, bay leaves, cinnamon stick and mushrooms and stir-fry until fragrant.
- Then, add the light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt, cooking wine and water. (The water just covers the trotters.)
- Cover the lid, and simmer the pork trotter for 50 minutes under medium heat until the sauce has thickened. (Remember to flip over to avoid sticking woServe.
Excellent recipe!! Very delicious. I also added some pork belly for more meat content. But the trotter has great flavor.
Thank you. Yes, the pork belly could use this recipe too, very delicious.
This looks amazing! Thank you so much for posting your recipe. Can’t wait to try it.
Thank you Ronda. Enjoy your cooking time.
Excellent but sawing the trotters was a tad hard but, wow! Chicken feet next 🙂 Thanks very much, just superb. Only ever used trotters to make pork pies.
How much garlic for this recipe? You mention garlic in the instructions but can’t see it in the ingredients list, please.
Hi, Ana. You can add them as you like. I usually add 2-3 clove of garlic
Cook in the oven for 2 hours until the trotters are golden brown and soft, then allow to cool before removing them from the pot