Pork Trotter in Black Vinegar and Ginger
Pork Trotter in Black Vinegar and Ginger

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Pork Trotter in Black Vinegar and Ginger is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Pork Trotter in Black Vinegar and Ginger is something which I have loved my entire life.

The main ingredients for a nice pot of this dish are just the pork trotters, ginger and the sweet sour vinegar. It's full of ginger aroma and the pig's trotters are so moist, tender and succulent, after the slow simmering in the aromatic yet pungent sweet and sour black vinegar. Thus, if you don't cook it as a confinement dish, just like me, use young ginger.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pork trotter in black vinegar and ginger using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pork Trotter in Black Vinegar and Ginger:
  1. Make ready 400 g pork trotter or knuckle
  2. Get 500 ml black vinegar
  3. Make ready 200 g Bentong Ginger / old ginger
  4. Get 600 ml water
  5. Get 2 tbsp sesame oil
  6. Take 1 tsp salt
  7. Get 1 tbsp palm sugar / brown sugar
  8. Get Some dried chillies optional

Black vinegar pork trotters is a classic heritage dish made by Cantonese families during confinement month following the birth of a baby. It is believed that this post-natal therapeutic food helps boost post natal immunity to expedite healing, keeps the body of the mother warm (a huge no-no to lose heat during confinement month!), and helps to. Butchery Stall : Pig Trotter Dried Sundries Store : Vinegar, Brown Sugar, Old Ginger, Shao Xing Wine, Red dates, Sesame Oil. Vegetable Stalls : Young Ginger When it comes to vinegar, my mother is very strict.

Steps to make Pork Trotter in Black Vinegar and Ginger:
  1. Chop pork knuckle into small pieces with bones attached. Wash clean with water and remove hair. Simmer the meat in hot water with ginger and green onions for 30 minutes. Remove and set aside.
  2. Heat up wok with sesame oil. Add in old ginger or Bentong Ginger and stir fry till fragrance. The ginger is best cut into thick slices or just smashed it in large chunks. Add in some salt. Pour the ginger into a clay pot or any pot for slow cook purpose.
  3. Add 250ml black vinegar and 300ml water into the pot with the fried ginger and simmer it for 30 minutes.
  4. Add in another round of 250ml black vinegar and 300ml water and simmer for another 30 minutes. You can add a few pieces dried chillies if you prefer more spiciness.
  5. Add in the pork and simmer in slow cook mode for 1 hour until meat is soft. Add in sugar and slow cook for another 10 minutes till sugar dissolves. Adjust sugar to taste if you want more sweetness.
  6. You can remove some oil on the top of the layer of the gravy. Some recipe add in black beans and hard boiled eggs and is optional. The gravy should taste sour and sweet with some spiciness of ginger.

She told me to make sure I buy the right brand if I were to re-create her recipe. She insist to mix both sour and sweet vinegar together. Heat sesame oil in a wok. Fry both old and young ginger till fragrant. Transfer ginger and trotter pieces to a clay pot.

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