Pig's feet are also called pig's feet and pig's hands. There are two kinds before and after, the front hoof is straight with more meat and less bones, and the back hoof is curved with less meat and more bones. Pig's trotters are rich in collagen, which is a colloidal substance composed of biological macromolecules. It is the most important protein component in tendons, ligaments and connective tissues, and has the function of beauty beauty.

1. Braised trotters

Braised trotters in pressure cooker? | by Shuai Shuai Kitchen

Ingredients:

2 trotters (the best front hoof), appropriate amount of onion, appropriate amount of ginger, 1g of pepper, 5g of dried pepper, a short piece of cinnamon, two star anises, three slices of fragrant leaves, one piece of dried papaya, 3g of rock sugar, 3 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, appropriate amount of cooking wine, and appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence.

2. 2. Prepare the main spices and condiments for braising in soy sauce. The more spices, the better. If you are not familiar with spices, you'd better choose what you are familiar with. I'm used to choosing: appropriate amount of onion and ginger, 1g of pepper, 5g of pepper, two star anise, a short piece of cinnamon, one tsaoko, 2-3 pieces of fragrant leaves, dried papaya slices (no need to add them), and 3g of rock sugar (when this ingredient is used, all braised dishes mainly eat the flavor of the meat itself, but if there are too many spices, they will become marinated, but they will not eat the flavor of the ingredients themselves. Sometimes you can even put no spices, for example, the traditional famous dish Dongpo meat only puts yellow wine, soy sauce and rock sugar. )

3. Put the cold water in the pressure cooker into the pig's trotters, two tablespoons of cooking wine, and bring the onion and ginger to a boil (the deodorizing effect of high-degree liquor is better. If it is an electric pressure cooker, it is the same to use a boiling pot instead of other steps).

4. Wash the pig's trotters with cold water after boiling (don't worry about whether the skin is cooked badly).

5. Pour a little cooking oil into the pot (just a little, less than the amount of cooking, if the electric pressure cooker is preheated in advance).

6. add cinnamon, star anise, pepper, chilli and stir-fry tsaoko to get fragrance.

7. Add a few slices of onion and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant (you can't put them together with the spices in step 6, because the onion and ginger ripen quickly, and they will be easily burnt off if you don't master the firepower well).

8. at this time, pour in the pig's trotters with high heat and rinse them with water.

9. Cook two tablespoons of cooking wine.

1. Mix three tablespoons of soy sauce, one tablespoon of soy sauce, one tablespoon of oyster sauce and half a teaspoon of salt into a bowl of juice in advance (add some salt to taste in advance, so don't add too much salt at a time, which is not good for the meat to be cooked).

11. Pour in the prepared bowl juice.

12. Add boiling water until it doesn't pass the trotters (not too much, otherwise it won't be braised in brown sauce, but it will become stewed trotters).

13. finally, add rock sugar and dried papaya slices (dried papaya slices are not dried by fruit papaya, but an enzyme with green papaya connotation, which can make the meat soft and rotten and not too greasy to eat, and have the same effect as lemon hawthorn. If not, you can also leave out or put a few slices of lemon and hawthorn).

14. Cover the pressure cooker or electric pressure cooker, let the pressure cooker cool for 2 minutes, add salt and chicken essence, and collect the juice to your liking. If it is an electric pressure cooker, it will take about 3-35 minutes. (Add a spoonful of salt after boiling, because there is salt in the previous bowl juice, so the trotters have already entered a certain taste. At this time, just adjust the salt at last. Don't take too long or it will become pig's trotters soup.

second, cold trotters

cold trotters? | by Wolf Dance

Ingredients:

Pig's trotters, red pepper, coriander, sugar, refined salt, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, cooking wine, aged vinegar, red oil and pepper powder

1. After cleaning the raw pig's trotters, cut a knife at the toe.

2. Make another deep cut in the "abdomen" of the pig's trotters.

3. cut another knife along the longitudinal direction of the pig's trotters to facilitate the taste.

4. Pour enough water into the pot, add chopped ginger, add appropriate amount of refined salt, and boil over low fire for 4 minutes

5. After the cooked pig's trotters are cooled, soak them in clear water repeatedly to remove greasy.

6. break the soaked trotters into large pieces with a knife.

7. Wash the red pepper, cut into circles, and mince the garlic.

8. put the chopped pig's trotters, minced garlic and red pepper rings into a clean small basin and sprinkle with parsley.

9. Take a clean small bowl, pour in one tablespoon of sugar and one tablespoon of soy sauce.

1. Sprinkle with proper amount of refined salt.

11. Pour in 1/2 tablespoon aged vinegar.

12. Sprinkle a little pepper powder.

13. Pour in the right amount of cooking wine according to your preference.

14. Pour the prepared sauce into a small basin with pig's trotters.

15. Add a tablespoon of red oil and mix well.

Tips:

1. Pay attention to safety when chopping raw pig's trotters.

2. After the pig's trotters are cooked, cool them, soak them in clear water, and rinse them to get rid of greasy.

3. The cholesterol content in pig's trotters is high, so the elderly with weakened gastrointestinal digestive function can't eat too much at a time; People with hepatobiliary diseases, arteriosclerosis and hypertension should eat less or not.