Hong Shao Pig's Trotters
Hong Shao Pig's Trotters

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Wash the pig trotter and put it with the cold water in a wok. Remove the pork trotter and wash off the floating foam on the meat surface with warm water. Pig trotter or we may see it as pig feet is considered as one of the most delicious parts on pig.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have hong shao pig's trotters using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Hong Shao Pig's Trotters:
  1. Prepare 2 pig's trotters
  2. Prepare 4 tablespoons sugar
  3. Prepare 2 tablespoons dark soya sauce
  4. Prepare 3 tablespoons light soya sauce
  5. Prepare 3 star anise
  6. Get 1 piece cinnamon bark (approx 2cm * 4cm)
  7. Get 1 leek
  8. Make ready 5 Ginger slice (3mm thick)
  9. Make ready 1 bottle Tsingtao Beer
  10. Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
  11. Make ready 1 spring onion
  12. Take 2 pieces garlic

Be sure to stir periodically to prevent sticking. The pig's feet and skin contain collagen that beautifies you skin. Prepare the pig's trotter: Wash and rinse the pig's trotter in cold water a couple of times until the water is clear. Strain and squeeze the pig trotter with both hands in cold water to remove any leftover blood.

Steps to make Hong Shao Pig's Trotters:
  1. Chop the pig trotters in to small pieces (around 8 pieces per trotter)
  2. Add 3 tablespoons of cooking oil into a pot (could use a cast iron pot), melt 3 tablespoons of sugar in the oil (on medium gas, slow stirring till caramelised)
  3. Fry the trotters pieces in the pot till evenly covered in caramelised sugar.
  4. Add ginger pieces, star anise, cinnamon bark to the pot, stir briefly, then add 1 bottle of Tsingtao beer (or any clear beer) till boiled, add 1 chopped leek (in pieces approx 4cm long)
  5. Cover the pot and slow cook for 2 hours
  6. Remove the star anise, cinnamon bark, Ginger and leek from the pot, then turn up the gas till boiled.
  7. Add light and dark soya, garlic, and salt into the pot, and another tablespoon of sugar (or more if prefer sweeter taste). Boil down the liquid till sticky
  8. Add chopped spring onion and serve

While cooking the pork, prepare hard boiled eggs: Place eggs and water in a saucepan, the water should cover the eggs. Hong shao or red-braising or red-cooking, is methods of cooking meats or vegetables with soy sauce, sugar and sometimes other spices. I have introduced Maoshi red braised pork belly previously and this style is mild Sushi without chili and spices. There are many varieties of Hongshao Rou. Every house cook might have her own recipe.

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