Spicy Pork Trotters Hot Pot Base Recipe

Name: Spicy Pork Trotters Hot Pot Base Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: pig trotter: 1; scallions: 1; ginger: 1; star anise: 3; Sichuan peppercorns : 1 tablespoon; cinnamon: 1 piece; dried red pepper: 10; water: 6 bowls; sweet potatos: 1; rapeseed flowers: 4; sausages: 2; bean curd: 3; dried black fungus: 5; oil: 3 tablespoons; Doubanjiang (broad bean paste): 2 tablespoons; chili powder: 1 teaspoon; sesame oil: 1 teaspoon; cooking wine: 4 tablespoons; light soy sauce: 2 tablespoons; white pepper powder: 2 teaspoons; crystal sugar: 1 teaspoon; salt: 1 teaspoon

Features:

Cuisine:

China

For a white, depth pork trotter hot pot base, we cut pork trotter into small slices to reduce the cooking time. It also helps collagen dissolve into the soup. The spices play more than a seasoning, it also covers and reduces the blood and bad taste of pork trotter. We fried all seasoning before adding water. Then simmer all ingredients for 1 hour to create a perfect mixture.

95 minutes
Serves 2
Easy

Ingredients

1 pig trotter
1 scallions
1 ginger
3 star anise
1 tablespoon Sichuan peppercorns
1 piece cinnamon
10 dried red pepper
6 bowls water
Side Dishes
1 sweet potatos
4 rapeseed flowers
2 sausages
3 bean curd
5 dried black fungus
seasoning
3 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons Doubanjiang (broad bean paste)
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon sesame oil
4 tablespoons cooking wine
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
2 teaspoons white pepper powder
1 teaspoon crystal sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Directions

Tips

1. Cut pork trotter into small slices, otherwise, you need to simmer for 2-3 hours.

2. Add more white pepper powder to cover the blood taste of pork trotter. It also adds more spicy and flavor taste.

3. Make sure fry board bean paste until red oil comes out.

Steps

1 Done 5 minutes	Blanch pork trotter. Wash and cut into 5cm slice. Remove the stem of scallions, cut into slices. Wash and cut ginger. Set aside.
2 Done 5 minutes	Wash star anise, Sichuan pepper, and cinnamon. Break star anise into small pieces.
3 Done 5 minutes	Wash dried red pepper, cut into strips. Peel, slice sweet potatoes. Set aside.
4 Done 5 minutes	Soak bean curd and dried fungus until soft. Cut bean curd into 3cm strips. Cut black fungus into small pieces.
5 Done 5 minutes	Remove roots of rapeseed flowers, cut into strips. Slice the sausage. Set aside.
6 Done 5 minutes	Add oil to the pot, stir-fry board bean paste (Doubanjiang) and chili powder, add all the ingredients (except pork trotters) and fry until fragrant. Then pour into sesame oil, cooking wine, light soy sauce, and white pepper powder. Add pork trotters to stir-fry.
7 Done 60 minutes	Add water, crystal sugar and salt. Cover and simmer over low heat for 1 hour.
8 Done 5 minutes	Spicy Pork Trotters Hot Pot Base is ready to serve. Bring to boil before enjoying the hot pot.