Pork Trotters in Green Sauce

Name: Pork Trotters in Green Sauce
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: Serves 4 servings
Ingredients: 2.2 lbs pork trotters (about 1 kg); 1.1 lbs tomatillos (about 1/2 kg); 2 green chiles or serrano peppers; 1/4 onion; 1 large garlic clove; 1 sprig epazote; as needed Oil; Salt and pepper to taste; 1 potato; 1/2 lb green beans (about 1/4 kg)

Codiego @Cococinando

México

A delicious traditional Mexican recipe—literally finger-licking good! My mom used to make this with battered trotters, but that’s pretty complicated, so I make them without batter.

Codiego @Cococinando

México

A delicious traditional Mexican recipe—literally finger-licking good! My mom used to make this with battered trotters, but that’s pretty complicated, so I make them without batter.

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Ingredients

50 minutes

Serves 4 servings

2.2 lbspork trotters (about 1 kg)
1.1 lbstomatillos (about 1/2 kg)
2green chiles or serrano peppers
1/4onion
1large garlic clove
1 sprigepazote
as neededOil
Salt and pepper to taste
1potato
1/2 lbgreen beans (about 1/4 kg)

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Steps

50 minutes

1

Wash the pork trotters thoroughly and cook them with a little coarse salt in a pressure cooker for 20 minutes.
2

For the sauce, cook the tomatillos, chiles, onion, and garlic. Blend them in a blender, then season in a saucepan with hot oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.
3

Add the diced potato and chopped green beans to the sauce. Let cook for about 15 minutes, then add the cooked pork trotters and the sprig of epazote.
4

Reduce the heat and let simmer for another 15 minutes.