Pigskin jelly is the coagulation of collagen dissolved in soup after pigskin is heated and cooled. In fact, the method of cooking pigskin jelly is not complicated, as long as you master the time and skills of making it. One is the treatment of skin, oil and pig hair should be removed clean; Blanch the skin first, then scrape it, shred it, or grind it into small particles, blanch it again, rinse it with baking soda water, add water, cook it until it is slightly sticky, add seasoning, stir it evenly, pour it into a shallow container, and let it cool. Among them, the proportion of water added varies with different stoves and different fire time.
Pigskin, you must choose pigskin, that is, the skin on the back of a pig. This kind of skin is compact, with more gum and less lard. The most taboo is to use the skin of pig abdomen, which is soft and oily. No matter how you cook it, you will eventually cook a pot of thick soup, and it is difficult to shape. Pigskin contains a lot of animal collagen, which will be released by thermal denaturation at high temperature. Collagen molecules are dispersed in water, and a certain concentration of collagen melt can become gel after cooling.
The ratio of skin to water is 1: 4. If the production method of "waterproof steaming" is adopted, the proportion is unchanged, and the original one can be used, because the water vapor drops and the humidity is high, and it will not consume much water. The skin-water ratio is generally 1: 3. However, cooking methods are different, cooking time is different, and the proportion fluctuates, so the choice should be made according to the actual situation.