Hong Shao Pig's Trotters

Name: Hong Shao Pig's Trotters
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 pig's trotters; 4 tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons dark soya sauce; 3 tablespoons light soya sauce; 3 star anise; 1 piece cinnamon bark (approx 2cm * 4cm); 1 leek; 5 Ginger slice (3mm thick); 1 bottle Tsingtao Beer; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 spring onion; 2 pieces garlic

Everett Suo @cook_9163729

Hong Shao Pig's Trotters

Everett Suo @cook_9163729

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Ingredients

2pig's trotters
4 tablespoonssugar
2 tablespoonsdark soya sauce
3 tablespoonslight soya sauce
3star anise
1 piececinnamon bark (approx 2cm * 4cm)
1leek
5Ginger slice (3mm thick)
1 bottleTsingtao Beer
1/2 teaspoonsalt
1spring onion
2 piecesgarlic

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Steps

1

Chop the pig trotters in to small pieces (around 8 pieces per trotter)
2

Add 3 tablespoons of cooking oil into a pot (could use a cast iron pot), melt 3 tablespoons of sugar in the oil (on medium gas, slow stirring till caramelised)
3

Fry the trotters pieces in the pot till evenly covered in caramelised sugar.
4

Add ginger pieces, star anise, cinnamon bark to the pot, stir briefly, then add 1 bottle of Tsingtao beer (or any clear beer) till boiled, add 1 chopped leek (in pieces approx 4cm long)
5

Cover the pot and slow cook for 2 hours
6

Remove the star anise, cinnamon bark, Ginger and leek from the pot, then turn up the gas till boiled.
7

Add light and dark soya, garlic, and salt into the pot, and another tablespoon of sugar (or more if prefer sweeter taste). Boil down the liquid till sticky
8

Add chopped spring onion and serve