Ingredients: 1 pig's trotter, 1/2 green onion, 1 piece of ginger, 1 star anise, appropriate amount of Sichuan pepper, star anise, 1 spoonful of Pixian bean paste, 1 spoonful of sugar
Step 1, put all the ginger in half, boil water in a wok, put in half of the scattered ginger slices after the water boils, blanch the washed pig's trotters, do not buckle the lid during the blanching process, you can add an appropriate amount of cooking wine or liquor to remove the fishy, remove the blood foam, and remove the water control after the blanching is completed; Slice the green onion into sections and slice the ginger for later use.
Step 2: Boil the wok dry, add an appropriate amount of cooking oil, put the pig's trotters in it and fry it slightly, fry until the meat skin is slightly yellow and foamy, and put it out for later use.
Step 3, heat oil in another pot, put Pixian bean paste in the pot, stir-fry slowly over low heat, fry the bean paste and oil together, the oil turns red, add an appropriate amount of sugar, and continue to stir-fry.
Step 4, turn low heat to medium heat, put the fried pig's trotters in, shake the pot slightly, and then stir-fry with a shovel, stir-fry until each piece of pig's trotters is evenly dipped in sauce, put star anise, peppercorns, green onion and ginger, and fry together to create a fragrance.
Step 5: Add an appropriate amount of cooking wine to the pot, a spoonful of light soy sauce, stir-fry evenly, add hot water that has not covered the pig's trotters and simmer.
Step 6: Bring to a boil on high heat, simmer over low heat, and simmer for about an hour.
Step 7: After simmering, add a spoonful of salt, reduce the juice over high heat, and add an appropriate amount of chicken essence to remove from the pot.
A delicious braised pork trotter is complete
Tips:
(1) Stewed pig's trotters pay attention to soft and rotten flavor, be sure to pay attention to the heat, use low heat when you start stir-frying, use medium heat after putting in pig's trotters, use low heat when stewing, and finally collect the juice over high heat.
(2) Put cooking wine in the process of blanching the pig's trotters, ginger slices can remove the fishy, pay attention to boiling with the lid open, and constantly take out the foam, so that the pig's trotters taste better.