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Home-Cooked Roasted Pork Trotters — A Delightful Shared Experience
Last year, the trend of indulging in roast pork trotters could be seen on every corner. The long queues and lofty prices, however, did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm. With homestyle cooking, you can tailor the recipe to your taste buds. Relish the satisfaction of a homemade meal that’s enough to impress even the hardest critics like my son. Here’s a recipe not to be missed for those who share the passion.
Ingredients Indulgence:
The Harmonious Blend for Perfect Pork Trotters
- Prime Pork: 2 seven-inch trotters
- Colorant Craft: 2 grams of red yeast rice powder
- Aromatic Accents: 3 ginger slices, 2 star anise, 2 bay leaves, 1 dry chili
- Infusion Extras: 4 garlic cloves, 2 licorices
- Spice Symphony: 1 generous spoon of thirteen spices mix, appropriate amounts of soy sauce, 1 small spoon of yellow bean paste, season with salt to taste
- Liquid Gold: Sufficient beer, cumin powder, chili powder, crisp peanuts, and sugar—all to taste
The Creation Chronicles:
Steps to an Exquisite Roast
Step 1:
Begin with the pork trotters, chopped into substantial pieces, blanched in boiling water and meticulously cleaned for a pure taste profile.
Step 2:
Place trotters lovingly into your trusty cast-iron pot.
Step 3:
Introduce them to all the auxiliary ingredients and seasonings, each prelude to a melody of flavors.
Step 4:
Gently pour in a fitting quantity of beer, the liquid canvas for your culinart.
Step 5:
Add just enough purified water to submerge the ensemble of ingredients.
Step 6:
Select the soup function on the electric cauldron and allow the magic to happen over 80 minutes.
Step 7:
Opt for the steam cook feature, lift the lid, and grant another 10 minutes to concentrate the soulful juices.
Step 8:
Transfer the well-seasoned trotters into the fiery embrace of your oven, 220°C for a final 10-minute sizzle.
Step 9:
Crush roasted peanuts with joyful abandon and garnish with a reasonable measure of cumin seeds and chili powder.
Step 10:
Shower the trotters with the peanut cumin blend and celebrate the creation of a homemade marvel.
Culinary Tips:
- Colorful Contemplations: Red yeast adds an enchanting hue to the final dish.
- Trotter Timing: An 80-minute simmer is the sweet spot — too tender, and you sacrifice texture. Evaporating the broth with an open lid on steam mode for 10 minutes infuses the flavor deeply.
- Flavor Finalities: Don’t skip on cumin and chili powder, adjust the quantity to suit your palate’s preference.