Peanut trotters

Overview

Pig's trotters are a nutritious food that people like to eat. The expensive bear's paws often make us ordinary consumers look away from them, but the cheap pig's trotters are a familiar daily delicacy. But people often dismiss cheap pig's trotters. In fact, the nutritional value of pig's trotters is no less than that of bear's paws. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pig's trotters are neutral in nature, sweet and salty in taste, and can nourish weakness and replenish kidney essence. Peanuts are good at nourishing and tonic, helping to prolong life. They are also known as longevity fruits among the people. Pig's trotters are rich in collagen. Use these two ingredients together to make dishes: nourishing qi and blood, beautifying and removing wrinkles. Peanuts and pig's trotters are very suitable for the elderly and children to eat because they nourish qi and blood. They are especially suitable for new mothers to use as a tonic. The peanut pig's trotters I made today is not a soup, it is a simple home-cooked dish; fry the rock sugar into syrup to color the pig's trotters, and simmer the pig's trotters and peanuts together until the soup is thick. The soup of this dish is thick and sweet, the pig's trotters are soft and glutinous, and the peanuts are fragrant and glutinous. If you like a sweet and sour taste, you can add a few tablespoons of tomato sauce or some tomato cubes when stewing, so that the stewed peanut pig's trotters will have a sweet and sour taste, which will be more popular with your family.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• chinese banquet
• common dishes
• meat dishes
• maternity
• children
• old man
• healthy recipes
• anemia
• dinner with friends
• autumn and winter supplements
• autumn recipes
• lunch
• ginger
• mushrooms
• peanuts
• pig's trotters
• refined salt
• rock sugar
• vegetable oil

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash the peanuts and soak them in advance (about 2 hours). Wash the mushrooms and soak them in clean water. Wash the pig trotters and split them in the middle with a knife.

   

2. 2 The front part of the pig's trotter is easy to split, and there is a big bone at the back end, so you need to use force when splitting.

   

3. 3 Cut the split pig's trotters into large pieces with a knife.

   

4. 4 Bring to a boil over high heat, cook for 5 minutes, remove the pig trotters, let cool, then wash with water and set aside.

   

5. 5 Grind the rock sugar with a knife.

   

6. 6 Pour an appropriate amount of vegetable oil into the pot, pour in the powdered rock sugar and stir-fry over low heat until the sugar becomes golden in color.

   

7. 7 Pour in the cleaned pig trotters and stir-fry over low heat.

   

8. 8 Stir-fry until each piece of pork trotters is coated with sugar syrup.

   

9. 9 Stir-fry until each piece of pork trotters is coated with sugar syrup.

   

10. 10 Pour enough water into the pot.

    

11. 11 After boiling over high heat, pour the pig's trotters, soup and water into the casserole. Add a few pieces of ginger and a few soaked shiitake mushrooms, bring to a boil over high heat and then reduce the heat to low.

    

12. 12 Cook over low heat for 30 minutes, then add the pre-soaked peanuts and continue to cook over low heat for 1 hour.

    

13. 13 Add appropriate amount of refined salt, cook for 5 minutes and then turn off the heat.