Braised Pork Trotters with Soybeans

Braised Pork Trotters with Soybeans might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6 and costs $2.84 per serving. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 662 calories, 41g of protein, and 49g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up bay leaves, light soy sauce, soy sauce, and a few other things to make it today. 113 people were impressed by this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes. It is brought to you by The Woks of Life. Overall, this recipe earns an awesome spoonacular score of 81%. Similar recipes include Braised Collard Greens with Pickled Trotters, Okonomiyaki with Trotters, and Hog's Trotters and Ears.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: 15 minutes

Cooking duration: 90 minutes

 

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Cooking instruction summary:

After your soybeans have been soaked overnight, prepare your pork trotters. Have your butcher cut them into large chunks. Rinse them thoroughly, and place them in a pot filled with enough water to completely submerge them. Bring the water to a boil, letting it boil for a couple of minutes. Turn off the heat, drain and rinse the pork trotters clean. Pat them dry, and set aside.Heat the oil in a wok or large Dutch oven over medium low heat. Add the ginger, the white parts of the scallion, the star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, dried hot chili peppers and dried tangerine peel. Let everything infuse for a few minutes, taking care not to let the aromatics burn. Now, carefully add the pork trotters, and brown them on both sides.Time to drain the soybeans. Add the soybeans, along with the rock sugar, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, and water. Stir thoroughly, and cover. Let the pork trotters braise for 70-80 minutes on low heat until tender. Be sure to stir periodically to prevent sticking. Towards the end of the cooking time, add salt to taste. Dont prolong the cooking too much. In this case, falling off the bone is not what we want.If there is still too much liquid at the end of your cooking time, just turn up the heat and cook off the liquid to the right consistency. Youll want some thickened sauce at the end. Garnish with the green parts of the scallion, and serve.

 

Step by step:

1. After your soybeans have been soaked overnight, prepare your pork trotters. Have your butcher cut them into large chunks. Rinse them thoroughly, and place them in a pot filled with enough water to completely submerge them. Bring the water to a boil, letting it boil for a couple of minutes. Turn off the heat, drain and rinse the pork trotters clean. Pat them dry, and set aside.

2. Heat the oil in a wok or large Dutch oven over medium low heat.

3. Add the ginger, the white parts of the scallion, the star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, dried hot chili peppers and dried tangerine peel.

4. Let everything infuse for a few minutes, taking care not to let the aromatics burn. Now, carefully add the pork trotters, and brown them on both sides.Time to drain the soybeans.

5. Add the soybeans, along with the rock sugar, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, and water. Stir thoroughly, and cover.

6. Let the pork trotters braise for 70-80 minutes on low heat until tender. Be sure to stir periodically to prevent sticking. Towards the end of the cooking time, add salt to taste. Dont prolong the cooking too much. In this case, falling off the bone is not what we want.If there is still too much liquid at the end of your cooking time, just turn up the heat and cook off the liquid to the right consistency. Youll want some thickened sauce at the end.

7. Garnish with the green parts of the scallion, and serve.

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