Pickled Pork Pork with Dried Plums and Rock Sugar

Pickled Pork Pork with Dried Plums and Rock Sugar

Overview

I have a great friend who lives in Zhejiang for a period of time every year. He knows that I love food and will bring me some local specialties every time he comes back, and prunes are the one he always brings. He knew that I loved Umeboshi, so he deliberately found Umeboshi in the local area that had a pure taste and was clean and sand-free. In order to find good Umeboshi, he also went through many twists and turns, inquired, purchased, and tasted many Umeboshi, and finally settled on this Umeboshi. Now every time he comes back, he brings me a big bag of these pickled prunes. All the pickled pickles I eat throughout the year are sent by him, and he doesn’t even allow me to say thank you or be polite! Every time I eat prunes, I feel so warm and happy. It’s really a blessing to have friends who care about me! Umeboshi can be used to make a lot of delicacies. Today I used it to stew elbows. As my friend just came back and will stay at home for a while, I prepared some and sent it to him so that he can also eat delicious food made from Umeboshi. It was also because I wanted to give it to a friend, so I used 3 forearms today. I ate one for myself and gave two to my friend. If you like this dish, you can control the amount as you like.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. For elbows, you should buy the front elbow, because the front elbow is not fat and delicious. I use boneless elbows. Wash the elbows and scrape the skin carefully

    Pickled Pork Pork with Dried Plums and Rock Sugar step 1

  2. Pour cold water into the pot, skim off the scum when it floats, take out the elbow and rinse with hot water to remove the scum on the surface and set aside

    Pickled Pork Pork with Dried Plums and Rock Sugar step 2

  3. Put a little water in the wok, add about 30 grams of rock sugar and stir-fry the sugar color

    Pickled Pork Pork with Dried Plums and Rock Sugar step 3

  4. When the sugar liquid becomes foamy and the color of the foam turns slightly yellow, special attention should be paid to not over-frying the sugar color

    Pickled Pork Pork with Dried Plums and Rock Sugar step 4

  5. When the color becomes darker and bubbles form, add boiling water

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  6. Immediately add boiling water, stir evenly, and the sugar color will be ready. Be sure to add boiling water. If you add cold water, the sugar liquid will splash!

    Pickled Pork Pork with Dried Plums and Rock Sugar step 6

  7. Roll the blanched elbows in the sugar color and coat them evenly

    Pickled Pork Pork with Dried Plums and Rock Sugar step 7

  8. Boil water in a casserole, add the elbows and soaked prunes, and then add about 20 grams of rock sugar

    Pickled Pork Pork with Dried Plums and Rock Sugar step 8

  9. Add a few slices of ginger and two star anise, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for an hour and a half

    Pickled Pork Pork with Dried Plums and Rock Sugar step 9

  10. After an hour and a half, peel the hard-boiled eggs and add them to the stew together. You can add eggs according to personal preference. If you don’t like them, you can omit them. The eggs stewed in this soup are very delicious

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  11. Continue to simmer on low heat for 20 minutes, and you will have delicious prune elbows. Cover the lid and simmer for half a day, it will be more delicious

    Pickled Pork Pork with Dried Plums and Rock Sugar step 11

  12. Eat it with rice, it tastes great

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