Braised pork trotters
Overview
Braised pig's trotters are also called Wanshan pig's trotters. There is a legend about the origin of Wanshan pig's trotters. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang proposed to eat these pig's trotters in order to make things difficult for Shen Wanshan, the richest businessman in Jiangnan. However, the locally processed pig's trotters are very hard and can only be eaten if cut with a knife, and knives and sharp objects are not allowed in front of the emperor. Shen Wanshan came up with a way to take the prepared pig's trotters home and simmer them over low heat until the meat was very soft and could be separated with just a light touch. Because Shen Wanshan's money was much more than that of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately wanted to harm Shen Wanshan. Zhu Yuanzhang asked Shen Wanshan to treat the emperor and queen to dinner. Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly pointed at the pig's trotters and said to him: What kind of dish is this? If Shen Wanshan answered pig's trotters, pig and Zhu have the same name, wouldn't that mean eating the emperor's feet? It must have offended the emperor, and it is not impossible for the emperor to sentence him to death! At this time, Shen Wanshan quickly changed his mind and said: This is 'Wanshan Hoof', please taste it to the emperor. In this way, Shen Wanshan solved this life-and-death test question and prevented Zhu Yuanzhang from harming him. And that dish: Braised Pork Trotters was therefore renamed Wanshan Pork Trotters.
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Ingredients
Steps
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Roast the hairy part of the pig's trotters over a fire, then scrape them clean with a knife, rinse them, put cold water into the pot, add a few slices of ginger, a teaspoon of cooking wine, drain the water, clean them, put the pig's trotters into a large soup pot, add onions, ginger, garlic, star anise, cinnamon and bay leaves
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Put a small amount of oil in a pan, a tablespoon of white sugar or rock sugar, and start to fry the sugar color over medium heat
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Wait until all the sugar is melted until brown and bubbling
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Pour the stir-fried sugar sauce onto the pig's trotters while it is still hot. Stir slightly so that each pig's trotters are coated in sugar
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Add half a tablespoon of light soy sauce, half a tablespoon of cooking wine, and a teaspoon of Haitian soybean paste
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Pour in boiling water. The amount of water can be the same as the pig's trotters or a little less
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Cover the pot, bring to a boil over high heat and then reduce to low heat and simmer for about 40 minutes. Open the lid and stir, then turn on high heat to reduce the juice. When the juice is reduced, use chopsticks to tap the soup to taste. Add salt a few times to taste. Taste the taste each time you add it until you are satisfied with the taste. It doesn't matter if you accidentally add too much salt. You can add sugar to balance it. It usually takes 20-30 minutes to reduce the juice. Don't walk away and watch...
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The color is very beautiful after the juice is collected...
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After cooking, soak the pig's trotters in the soup for half a day, then put them into a big bowl. When the soup dries, you can put on disposable gloves and a bottle of beer🍺 and start nibbling the pig's trotters... It's so good!
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Strain the ingredients from the remaining half bowl of soup, cover it with plastic wrap, and put it in the refrigerator. Next time you cook pig's trotters, take it out and cook it together with the pig's trotters, which will make it more delicious...
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That's it
