1. Soak the purchased pig trotters for 10-15 minutes to remove the blood. After 15 minutes, pick it up and clean it.

2. Peel the yam.

3. Peel the yam, clean it and cut it into pieces.

4. Wash the red dates with warm water. Cut the ginger into slices as well.

5. At this time, you can put the washed pig's trotters into the pot and cook for 3-5 minutes. Pick it up again.

6. Pour an appropriate amount of water into the stew pot and wait until it boils. At this time, you can pour in the ginger slices, pig's trotters, yam, and red dates.

7. After simmering on high heat for thirty to forty minutes, turn to low heat and simmer slowly for one and a half hours. It takes about two hours to stew the whole pig's trotters with yam (the pig's trotters need to be stewed and melted). At this time, you can add the appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence. And the pig's trotters stewed with yam is also finished.