Red-Braised Pork Trotters
Tender, fall-off-the-bone braised pig's trotters with a rich, savory flavor.
Ingredients
Cleaned pork trotters
600 g
Garlic (minced)
2 cloves
Scallion (washed and cut into sections)
half
Fine salt
3 tsp
White sugar
3 tsp
MSG
2 tsp
Stock
2 tbsp
Secondary stock
1 tbsp
Dark soy sauce
0.5 tbsp
Wet cornstarch
0.5 tbsp
Peanut oil
3 tsp
Instructions
1
Preparation
Wash the scallion and cut into sections; mince the garlic.
2
Frying
Coat the cleaned pork trotters with dark soy sauce, then deep-fry in warm oil until deep red. Place them in a stewing pot (with a bamboo mat at the bottom), add stock, 1 tsp fine salt, and 1.5 tsp white sugar, and simmer over heat for 1 hour until tender and falling apart. Remove and set aside.
3
Braising
Heat 0.5 tbsp oil in a wok, add minced garlic, scallion sections, fine salt, secondary stock, white sugar, MSG, and the pork trotters. After briefly braising, thicken with dark soy sauce mixed with wet cornstarch.
