The best way to deal with a big pig's trotter is to braise it. Regardless of the method, the trotter needs to be boiled after being chopped into pieces. It is said that if you want to boil this kind of meat, you need to cook it with cold water to remove some fishy smell!
Method 1:
Mix the sauce of the companion with a little water, then add an appropriate amount of water, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce. The total amount of liquid should cover the trotter. Add ginger and star anise to stew the trotter until it becomes tender. There is nothing special about this method! It depends on your preference for the taste of the sauce.
Method 2:
Add chopped trotter pieces, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, and clove to a pot with a bowl of dark soy sauce and enough water to cover the trotter. Simmer in a clay pot or soup pot until the sauce is almost dry. Pay special attention to the heat when it is about to dry out, as it is very easy to burn the pot.
1. The trotter should be simmered until it is tender and soft.
2. Trotters contain a large amount of collagen protein, which can be converted into gelatin during the cooking process. Gelatin can absorb a lot of water in the body, effectively improving the water storage function of human cells, preventing premature wrinkles and delaying skin aging.
3. Trotters are high in calcium and eating them regularly can help the growth and development of young people and slow down the rate of bone loss in middle-aged and elderly women.
4. Trotters contain rich trace elements, and eating them regularly can promote hair growth and improve the condition of cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease.
5. Trotters are high in fat and potassium. Friends with hepatitis and high blood pressure should not eat too much trotters.
