Braised pig's feet
Overview
Pig's feet are also called pig's trotters and pig's claws. The huge pig body is completely supported by these four small claws, so it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the pillars of the pig. There is less meat and more tendons inside the pig's paws, with only the skin being the bones. Eat it hot and soft and glutinous, eat it cold and chewy. Nowadays, more and more people like it because it is rich in collagen. It is not only a beauty product for women, but also a good food for men. But when I was a child, supplies were relatively scarce, and food, oil, rice, noodles, and meat had to be provided by ticket. It is difficult for young people today to understand. People in that era liked to buy fat meat, not lean meat. Because fat meat can be refined into oil, it can alleviate a person's monthly supply of three to half a pound. No one likes lean meat, let alone those pig heads, ears, and trotters. On days when people had to queue up to buy fat meat, my parents would buy pig offal or chicken offal that no one was grabbing to satisfy my sister and me’s cravings. At that time, my family still lived in a bungalow with our own yard. There was a stove in the corner of the yard with a large firewood pot. Corn stalks and eggplant seedlings in autumn are excellent firewood. All year round, the fragrant smell of meat can be wafted from the firewood pot in my courtyard. This may be a pot of big pig head, or it may be a pot of pig intestines plus liver, lungs, and heart, it may be a pot of pig claws and ears, or it may be a pot of chicken heads, necks, feet, and wings. I had enough of these bits and pieces that are now popular among people when I was a child, but I still can’t get enough of them now. Now, the small courtyard is gone, and the big firewood pot has long disappeared, but the fragrant smell of the firewood pot delicacies of childhood lingers in front of our eyes and fills our noses. Although the smell of firewood is gone and the taste of meat is not as good as before, when you bite the pig's feet, you will think of interesting things from your childhood. Although the days were not as rich as now, the joy brought by a meal of braised pork is far better than eating meat every day now. Today I stewed one and a half pig's feet in a medical stone pot. We Beijingers are still used to calling them pig claws. That day, my 70-year-old mother said, let’s stew two pig feet and chew them one day! OK, OK! Now none of my mother’s teeth are my own. I have also entered middle age and my metabolism has slowed down a lot. Therefore, although food like this that can cause sticky notes is delicious, I should eat less of it. My mother bought three pig's trotters, and I said we should eat them in two meals. It can be enjoyable without consuming too much fat. So this one and a half pig paws plus four hard-boiled eggs made the family of four eat like crazy. Not enough? It doesn't matter, we still have one and a half. Let’s stew in a few days!
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Ingredients
Steps
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Chop the feet into small pieces and wash them
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Boil in a pot of cold water to remove impurities
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Cut green onions into sections, cut ginger into cubes, and prepare star anise and bay leaves
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Put the pig's feet into the inner pot of the medical stone, pour all the seasonings in the ingredients, mix evenly with chopsticks, then add an appropriate amount of hot water; cook the eggs in a separate pot, peel and set aside
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Put the medical stone inner pot into the pot
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Close the lid, select the "Soup/Porridge" function, press "Start", and the Midea AH cooker will start working. The default time is 80 minutes
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minutes before serving, pour the peeled eggs into the soup and complete the remaining time
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The skin is tender and the tendons are slippery, the soup is fresh and non-sticky, and extremely delicious
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Let’s feast together! For me, what I eat is not only pig paws, but also beautiful memories of my childhood
