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Red Braised Pig Trotter

July 20, 2015 21 Comments

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Pig trotter or we may see it as pig feet is considered as one of the most delicious parts on pig. Additionally, the rich collagen contained in pig trotter makes it as a popular beauty food in China. If you are patient enough, you can even try to make collagen mask from pig trotter.

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There are many recipes about trotter for example pig trotter soup with soy beans. This red braised pig trotter is also excellent. Pig shoulder can be used to replace pig trotter in this recipe. As for the treatment of pig trotter, be patient with the pig hair if there is any because it may influence the appetite a lot, or you can ask the batcher to help with that.

red braised pig trotter|China Sichuan Food

Besides, I want to introduce red braising a little bit more. In Chinese cooking methods, braising is a common and popular method. Red braising or sometimes known as red cooking, from its name, we know that the basic cooking method is braising but the color of the food should be red. The key step of red braising dishes is to make the red oil color via oil and sugar, however sometimes people use soy sauce as coloring when they do not want brother to do that. Generally crystal sugar is used for making the red color. We call this process as stir frying the sugar color. I have introduced the detailed steps and tips in this red braised pork belly also known as Hong Shao Rou. If you do not want to stir fry the sugar color, just add sugar along with soy sauce in clay pot. This method only sacrifice the color slightly but do not influence the taste. 

For red braised meat recipes, it is import to guarantee the cooking time. I recommend cooking for at least 2 hours. Since it is a long time, you may use slow cooker or electric cooker to save time. I use high pressure to cook the pig trotter until almost soft, which cost 30 minutes and then red braise in a clay pot this time. It is ok to use a common pot or a wok or even a sauce pan. This version can be the most easy version.

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Another tip is that do not add salt at the very beginning because this may destroy the taste of the meat and make it chewy.

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Red Braised Pig Trotter
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
 
Comforting Chinese red braised pig trotter
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: Braised, Pig Trotter
Servings: 3
Calories: 442 kcal
Author: Elaine
Ingredients
  • 2 pig trotters , remove the hair and cut into bite size chunks (resort to batcher)
For cooking process
  • 1/2 tablespoon ginger slices
  • water as needed
  • 1 green onion
  • 5 Sichuan peppercorn
  • 2 tablespoons cooking wine
Sugar coloring
  • 1 tablespoon crystal sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cooking oil
For red braising
  • 2 Dried chili pepper
  • 5 ginger slices
  • 2 green onion
  • 1/2 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 tablespoon star anise
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
Instructions
  1. Cut trotter into small sections. Rinse the pig trotter in clean and boiling water. Remove all the hair carefully. Put aside and drain.
  2. Bring water to a boil in a large pot and cook the pig trotter for 2-3 minutes. Transfer out and wash under running water. This process can help to remove the odd taste as much as possible. And then in a high pressure cooker or electric cooker or a pot, cover pig trotter with enough water, add ginger slices, green onion, sichuan peppercorn and cooking wine. Cook until you can insert a chopstick into the meat. If you want a softer taste like me, cook it longer. Transfer the pig trotter out and the liquid can be kept as soup stock.
  3. Heat up 1 tablespoon oil in wok, put the sugar in wok to stir fry until all the sugar melts and you can see large bubbles. Keep stirring during the process. Pour around 1 cup of hot water. Mix well! You need to be stay away from the wok and do not hesitate when pouring the water. If you do not want to stir fry the sugar color, just add sugar in clay pot and skip oil. The later method only influence the color but not the taste.
  4. Prepare a clay pot or another deep sauce pan or wok, fry ginger slices and other spices for 1-2 minutes until aroma. Add pig trotter in, pour some cooking liquid in the previous until the pig trotter is almost covered. Pour the sugar color in the previous step and soy sauce. Heat over high fire with the lid uncovered until there are large bubbles in the pot and the sauce is almost dried up.
  5. Sprinkle some green onion and then serve warm!
Nutrition Facts
Red Braised Pig Trotter
Amount Per Serving
Calories 442 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Sodium 1227mg53%
Potassium 119mg3%
Carbohydrates 9g3%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 170IU3%
Vitamin C 2.9mg4%
Calcium 22mg2%
Iron 1.3mg7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  1. Sak says

    November 4, 2019 at 2:21 am

    very interesting. Will try this recipe.

    Reply
  2. Phil says

    March 22, 2020 at 5:44 am

    5 stars
    This was such a tasty dish! Do you recommend any other meats? Pig trotters were a little boney for me 😁

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      March 22, 2020 at 8:16 pm

      You can use beef brisket as a substitute.

      Reply
  3. Ena Deacon says

    April 3, 2020 at 3:40 am

    Elaine
    I made a superb recipe from your collection using a cooked pig’s trotter. It was shorter and simpler than the one you give above.I think you used soy sauce My husband thought it was superb so now I am looking for it again
    Please help me to find it

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      April 4, 2020 at 6:45 pm

      Do you mean the pig trotter in master stock? 卤猪蹄?

      Reply
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