Many rural families have a lot of fresh meat during the Chinese New Year, and they can’t finish it after the New Year, especially pig’s feet. At this time, they will choose to make them into bacon, that is, cured pig’s feet. Putting it to the next year to eat again, some people may think that bacon is not delicious, but it is not the case, bacon feet are particularly delicious.

Tools, raw materials, processing condiments

Step-by-step reading of methods/steps

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Chapter One step: simple processing. Since the hair of the pig was not cleaned when the bacon pig feet were made, a simple process is needed at this time. Open the stove, ignite it, and use coal to burn it. You can also use natural gas to burn it, but it is best to use a small stove. Fire, so that the skin of the pig's feet can be roasted golden and increase the taste. After the hair is processed, proceed to the next step.

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The second step: wash the pig’s feet. The skin of pig's feet will be difficult to clean and hard after being stored for too long and roasted. Therefore, you need to use hot water to clean it. Put the pig's feet into cold water, heat the water over a slow fire, and then clean it. This will make it cleaner. , just clean it several times in a row.

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The third step: chop the pig’s feet. After cleaning, you can separate the pig's feet, but it is best to dry the water before doing it. This is easier to operate. The size of the meat must be appropriate, not too large or too small. Generally, pork the size of an adult's fist needs to be Divide them into 2 or 3 pieces, wash them again, put them aside, sprinkle with some seasonings, mix them, and add some flavor.

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Step 4: Preparation of other auxiliary dishes. Pig's feet can generally be stewed with radish and kelp, because the umami flavor of radish can make up for the lack of umami flavor of pig's feet, and kelp can add some different flavors, and then prepare these two auxiliary dishes. Wash the radish and cut it into pieces. The same goes for the kelp, cut it into pieces.

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Step 5: Stew the pig’s feet. Due to the long-term storage of pig's feet, it takes a long time. It needs to be stewed over slow fire to bring out the aroma. At the right time, add kelp. When it is almost cooked, add radish and use radish to cook the pig. The foot is covered, allowing its smell to enter the radish, and the umami flavor of the radish to enter the pig's feet, causing them to interact.

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Step 6: Use of condiments. When starting to stew the meat, cut some ginger slices, garlic and Sichuan peppercorns and put them into the pot to let the natural flavor of the ginger enter the pot. When it is about to be finished, you can add some shiitake mushroom slices to increase the smell. When finished, add chopped green onions and some peppercorns to increase the flavor.

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Step 7: Remove the pig’s feet from the pot. Before starting the pot, you can add some MSG or other seasonings according to your preference. After the meat is stewed, you need to put the meat and radish into a bowl, and then put some seasonings to increase the aroma on the surface of the dish, such as Chili powder makes it more fragrant, and you need to use broth to pour it from top to bottom to make the dish look more attractive. In this way, the stew of waxed pig's feet is completed.

Notes

Be sure to pay attention to the time when stewing. It cannot be too early or too late. If the time is too different, it will affect its taste