Top-notch spiced pork knuckles

Overview

Every Spring Festival, there need to be a few special dishes on the table; in this way, when the cooks listen to the praises, they feel so beautiful that they completely forget about the hard work in the early stage! Ordinary life is lived like this year after year ~ but with a sweet feeling ~ Although I am no longer a child; but seeing the New Year approaching, everyone's hearts have already been flying; the most popular thing now is booking tickets ~ not being able to book tickets means that you can't be reunited with your family! Reunion is so important to the Chinese people. The Spring Festival reunion dinner is not as simple as eating. Family reunions can provide spiritual comfort and satisfaction. The biggest feature of Chinese folk celebrating the New Year is inseparable from eating. The family sat around the steaming dining table, exuding a festive and lively atmosphere; talking about family relationships, respecting and loving each other. A peaceful and happy time! The general sequence of serving dishes at a Spring Festival banquet is: cold dishes or cold dishes, appetizer soup, first dish, main dish, hot dishes [first stir-fry, then cooking, then vegetarian dishes, and finally fish] soup, beet, staple food, and fruit. The order of the Chinese banquet is slightly different whether it is divided into old style and new dishes. In the old style, fruits were served first and cold cuts were served second, while in the new style, cold cuts are served first. [The order of serving Chinese Cantonese cuisine is different from other cuisines, with the soup first and then the dishes. 】 No matter what the cold dishes are, they always go to the front. This year’s Spring Festival Pigskin King will be the main force on the dining table. As the vanguard, he must have the uniqueness of Mr. Pigskin. In the eyes of ordinary people, pigskin cannot reach the upper echelons of elegance. The humble pigskin has always been ignored, thus burying the talent of Mr. Pigskin. Then let’s explore the potential of Mr. Pigskin! Although it is a little overestimating to let Mr. Pigskin attend the Spring Festival family dinner, but we must strive for everything; let grassroots ingredients be on the festival stage. Add a touch of color to the Spring Festival dining table! As long as the ingredients are used properly, they will have their place. Come with LEMON today to experience how to use waste! Let Mr. Pigskin grace the Spring Festival table~ Pigskin is considered waste in the eyes of many people. LEMON likes to make use of it; it can be eaten and used. Use it as facial mask and hand mask; beauty and skin care products can be comparable to big-name skin care products; many beauty and skin care products contain pig skin ingredients ~ Pig skin is rich in collagen, which is an important source for the human body to delay skin aging. This pork skin knuckle is chewy, elastic and very refreshing. After making it, put it in the refrigerator to chill, then take it out and slice it, and eat it with condiments for dipping for a unique flavor!

Tags

• side dishes
• meat dishes
• cinnamon
• cooking wine
• dried red chili pepper
• ginger
• light soy sauce
• old soy sauce
• pigskin
• red dates
• star anise
• very delicious
• yipinxian
• zanthoxylum bungeanum
• fragrant leaves

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 First scrape off the oil on the pork skin; scrape it in advance~ After scraping off the oil on the pork skin, this is to make the five-spice pork skin knuckles not greasy. Completely oil-free.

   

2. 2 Fill the pot with water; boil the water first; put the cleaned and oiled pig skin into the boiling water and blanch it. Blanching the pork skin is to remove blood and stains from the surface of the meat. It also makes it easier to scrape oil and remove pig hair later. Add a large marinade before blanching; this can remove the air pockets on the pig skin. Don't blanch it for too long. If you blanch it for too long, the skin will become hard. After the water boils, blanch it for 2 minutes.

   

3. 3 Remove the pork skin and drain the water; scrape the front and back sides of the pork skin while it is hot, especially the thick layer of lard near the inside. It is best to completely scrape off the fat layer without leaving any fat. It is ideal to leave only the skin. It tastes very delicious this way, especially chewy and not greasy.

   

4. 4 After the meat skin is blanched and scraped, place the meat slices flat on the cutting board; now you can roll them. If you like meat, you can roll meat inside. LEMON chose to roll the blanched beef together. The beef is rolled in the middle and braised together. After the finished product, the aroma of beef and marinated meat skin floats; the taste is unique~

   

5. 5 If you find it troublesome, you can also roll the meat skin directly. Wrap hemp rope three times around the surface of the skin and tie it securely. Don't use too much force; the twine will scratch the surface of the skin. It is best to choose a thicker thread for rolling the skin. If it is a thread used to sew clothes, it will be too thin. LEMON chose the white hemp rope that holds the soles of the shoes; it is very strong; if you keep pulling it with your hands, it will only cut your hands. Must use scissors to cut.

   

6. 6 After the meat is rolled up, place it on a plate. Garnish with aniseed: 1 piece of ginger, dried red pepper, star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorns, and red dates. Set aside.

   

7. 7 Now you can start marinating. Put the pork skin knuckles into the pot, pour water to submerge the pork skin knuckles, and put the prepared ginger, dried red pepper, star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorns, and red dates into the pot.

   

8. 8 Add dark soy sauce for color.

   

9. 9 Cook in light soy sauce.

   

10. 10 It has a very fresh taste and the right amount is a must.

    

11. 11 Yipinxian is also good~

    

12. 12 Add a spoonful of sugar. To cook pork knuckles, first bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.

    

13. 13 Turn off the heat and sprinkle with five-spice powder.

    

14. 14 Add pepper.

    

15. 15 Add a spoonful of salt. Don't add salt first. Adding salt in advance will make the meat tough and taste bad. When you are not sure whether the pork skin knuckles are cooked well; use chopsticks to lightly prick the surface of the pork skin and it can penetrate easily; you can add salt. Before serving, add scallions to add flavor.

    

16. 16 The pigskin knuckles made by LEMON are not pig trotters. They are named knuckles because of their similar shape. In fact, their true identity is pigskin rolls. No matter where the pigskin guys come from, they all serve the same goal! Let’s spend the holidays together~Thank you Mr. Pigskin for your selfless dedication~The pigskin knuckles taste soft and chewy, unlike the usual pigskin that is too hard and dry. QQ feels that the braised flavor is very rich, and the fragrance is very strong in the mouth! It doesn't taste greasy; after being refrigerated in the refrigerator, it tastes particularly tough, salty and umami; the bad flavors such as rings on the pig skin have been removed, and the more you chew, the more delicious it becomes.