Red-Cooked Pork Trotter Recipe

Red-Cooked Pork Trotter Recipe

1 pig's trotter

8 cloves garlic

Seasonings:

A    3 tablespoons soy sauce

B    1 tablespoon cooking wine

      3 tablespoons soy sauce

      ½ teaspoon salt

      1 tablespoon sugar

      A pinch of white pepper

      3 cups water

      2 star anise

Method:

Have the butcher chop the trotter into pieces.  Rinse well and blanch in boiling water, remove and rinse under cold water.  Discard water.  Marinate with seasoning A for 30 minutes.  Deep-fry in smoking oil for about 3 - 5 minutes until brown.  Remove and rinse under cold water to cool off.  Heat 2 tablespoons cooking oil until smoking, stir-fry garlic until fragrant.  Return pig's trotter and season with seasoning B to taste.  Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low; simmer for 1 hour or until pig's trotter is very tender and sauce is reduced and thickened.  Remove and discard garlic and star anise.  Serve.