Pig's trotters are nutritious and delicious, but the peculiar smell of pig's trotters is still relatively strong, so when making pig's trotters, we have to remove the peculiar smell of pig's trotters, so that we can make truly delicious food. How can you get rid of the peculiar smell of pig's trotters?

To remove the peculiar smell of pig's trotters, we can use several methods: burning, soaking, scrubbing, blanching, adding seasonings to remove fishy and odor during production, or making it into strong-flavored food. Depending on the situation, only one or two of these methods can be used, or all of them can be used.

1. Fire.

Pig's trotters often step on feces and other dirt. The pores of pig's trotters skin will accumulate a lot of dirt, and the sweat glands of pig's skin will secrete some odorous substances. These are the main reasons for the odor of pig's trotters. source. Burn the pig's trotters until the surface turns black, and then scrape them clean. This will not only remove the remaining stubble, but also remove the odor to a great extent.

In my hometown, every meat stall will have a spray gun. When you buy pig trotters, they will burn them, then scrape them and chop them into pieces. However, you have to wash them carefully piece by piece when you take them home. Otherwise, the blackened skin will taste mushy when cooked.

2. Soak.

If the odor of pig's trotters is relatively strong, you can soak them after burning and cleaning them. Put the chopped green onion, ginger and cooking wine into the water. You can also add a few peppercorns. Soak the pig's trotters in the water for an hour or two, changing the water during the period. The purpose of this is to soak up the blood and reduce the odor.

3. Scrub.

Soaking is to soak the blood water to reduce the odor, but soaking takes a long time. If we don’t have time to soak and the odor of the pig’s trotters is still relatively strong after being burned, we can use the scrubbing method. .

The scrubbing method is as follows: Add flour to the chopped pig trotters, rub them with your hands until they feel sticky, and then rinse them with water several times until they are clean.

After scrubbing, the dirt and blood on the pig's trotters can be taken away, thereby reducing the odor.

4. Blanch.

Blanching is the most commonly used method to remove odor from meat. Add chopped green onion, ginger and cooking wine to clean water, add pig trotters and boil the blood.

It should be noted that cold water should be put into the pot, so that the blood in the pig's trotters can slowly leach out as the temperature rises. If hot water is put into the pot, the protein will solidify when heated, sealing all the blood inside. , it will not be able to achieve the effect of removing odor. The foam on the surface after the water boils is the leached blood, which must be removed. Sometimes there are too many impurities, and some will be stained on the pig's trotters, which can be rinsed with clean water.

5. Add seasonings to remove fishy and foreign substances during preparation or make it into a strong-flavored food.

When making pig's trotters, you can add onions, ginger, cooking wine, pepper, Sichuan peppercorns and other condiments that can remove fishy and foreign substances. You can also make it into food with stronger flavors, such as spicy flavor. Braised pig trotters can also be paired with a spicy dipping sauce.

In daily life, the most commonly used methods to remove the odor of pig's trotters are generally burning and blanching. Onions, ginger, cooking wine, etc. are also added during production. As long as they are fresh and healthy pig's trotters, After such a simple treatment, the food produced will generally have no peculiar smell.