Making delicious braised pig's trotters is actually very simple. The most important thing is to master the key points of braised. The key to braised is to stir-fry the sugar color and stew to add flavor. These two steps, I will explain them step by step below.

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1. Ingredients for braised pig trotters: 1000 grams of pig trotters, 3 star anise, 20 grams of cinnamon, 20 grams of fennel, 10 grams of grass fruit, 5 grams of cloves, 5 grams of bay leaves, 50 grams of green onions, and 100 grams of chopped ginger.

10 grams of dried red pepper, 20 grams of Sichuan peppercorns, and appropriate amount of salt.

The above ingredients can be purchased in grocery stores in wet markets.

2. Braised: After the ingredients are prepared, add water to the pressure cooker to cover the pig's trotters, add 3 pig's trotters and star anise, 20 grams of cinnamon, 20 grams of cumin, 10 grams of grass fruit, 5 grams of cloves, and bay leaves.

5 grams, 50 grams of green onions, 100 grams of chopped ginger, 10 grams of dried red pepper, 20 grams of Sichuan peppercorns, and appropriate amount of salt.

The water basically needs to be enough to submerge the pig's trotters. This is the key, friends, please pay attention.

When the pressure cooker starts to spray, the small iron balls on it start to rotate due to the spray. Now we turn down the heat and simmer for half an hour before turning off the heat.

After turning off the heat, wait for ten minutes, remove the small iron ball from the pressure cooker, deflate it, wait for the pressure of the pressure cooker to be consistent with the outside air pressure, wait another half an hour or so, the temperature of the pig's trotters in the pot will drop, open the lid of the pot, and use

Remove the braised pig's trotters with a slotted spoon and place in a soup bowl for later use.

2. Ingredients for fried sugar: 250 grams of rock sugar, one spoon of water.

2. Stir-fry: Put the rock sugar in the pot and turn to low heat. The heat is very important at this time. Stir-fry slowly over low heat. Add a tablespoon of water, about half a bowl of water. Continue to stir-fry slowly over low heat until the rock sugar begins to melt.

, after about ten minutes of frying, all the rock sugar will melt and gradually turn golden brown. At this time, the process of frying the sugar color is completed.

3. When the braised pig's trotters are fried until golden brown, add the braised pig's trotters and stir-fry them back and forth in the pot. At this time, use medium heat to gradually color the pig's trotters, and the sugar color will be all wrapped around the pig's trotters.

, the pig's trotters are soft and tasty. When the sugar color is fried in the pot and it feels dry, sprinkle with chopped green onion and serve.

Summary: There are many ways to make braised pig's trotters. In some ways, dark soy sauce is used for coloring. The dark soy sauce is added directly when braised. In the subsequent frying process, a small amount of dark soy sauce can be added. This is

In the final stage of this method, you need to stir-fry the juice. If the juice is not stir-fried well, it will directly lead to the taste of the braised pig's trotters becoming lighter and affecting the overall taste. Therefore, I have recommended a method of braised pig's trotters without frying the juice. It is easy for friends.

Master and learn.

Different methods of braised pig's trotters: Stir-fry first and then cook. In fact, the pig's trotters are first fried to a sugary color. After coloring, they are put into a pot and added with ingredients to cook. After cooking, stir-fry the pork trotters and pour the juice in the pot.

Remove from the pan.

The method of boiling first and then frying is the method I introduced above. The advantage is that the pig's trotters are soft and tasty, and the method is extremely simple and easy to master.

Stir-fry, then boil and then stir-fry. This method is to blanch the pig's trotters first to remove the fishy smell, then stir-fry the sugar color, then put it in a pot and cook until soft, then remove from the pot, add seasonings, and stir-fry. This is also spicy.

The most commonly used method of braised pig's trotters is more cumbersome to make.

The advantage is that it is delicious in color and taste.

Key points: When frying the sugar, the heat must be low and slow. If the fire is too high, it will directly cause the sugar to burn, and it will have a bitter taste when eaten.