Spicy Pork Trotters

Overview

Pig's trotters, the front hooves are generally called pig's hands, and the back hooves are called pig's feet, which are anthropomorphic names. Pig's trotters are rich in collagen, which can prevent skin dryness and wrinkles, enhance skin elasticity and toughness, and is of special significance for delaying aging and promoting the growth and development of children. For this reason, people call pig trotters a beauty food and a delicacy similar to bear paws. Spicy is a flavor that many people love. Anything with the word spicy is basically going to be popular. Such as spicy crayfish, spicy duck neck, spicy hotpot, Mapo tofu, spicy shredded beef, spicy chicken slices, tripe hot pot, etc. It can be seen how much people love this spicy, salty and fragrant, and extremely hot taste.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• common dishes
• meat dishes
• children
• old man
• winter recipes
• banquet dishes
• dinner
• cinnamon
• doubanjiang
• ginger
• pepper
• pig front hooves
• refined salt
• star anise
• fragrant leaves
• red pepper
• vegetable oil

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Use a knife to shave the pig's trotters cleanly.

   

2. 2 Place the pig's trotter flat on the cutting board and cut it from the toe end with a kitchen knife.

   

3. 3 Stand the pig's trotters upright and split them into two pieces along the bone seam with a knife.

   

4. 4 When buying pig trotters, buy the ones with tendons.

   

5. 5 Use a knife to cut the pig's trotters from the bone seam and chop them into large pieces.

   

6. 6 Put the chopped pig's trotters into a cooking pot, pour in enough water to cover the pig's trotters, bring to a boil over high heat and remove.

   

7. 7 Take out the blanched pig's trotters, rinse off the foam and pour into the casserole.

   

8. 8 Cut the red pepper into sections and prepare a small handful of peppercorns.

   

9. 9 Pour oil into the wok, add two tablespoons of bean paste, and stir-fry over low heat until red oil comes out.

   

10. 10 Add peppercorns, red pepper, cinnamon, star anise, and bay leaves and stir-fry over low heat until fragrant.

    

11. 11 Pour in water.

    

12. 12 Turn up the heat and bring to a boil.

    

13. 13 Pour the cooked spicy soup into the casserole.

    

14. 14 Put the casserole on the stove and bring to a boil over high heat.

    

15. 15 Simmer over low heat for 40 minutes, add appropriate amount of refined salt, and simmer for 10 minutes.