Month: February 2022

Ingredients

• 2 pork feet (~2 pounds) chopped up
• 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger thickly sliced
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• 3 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
• 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, smashed
• White part of (4) scallions, cut into sections
• 2 dried chili peppers
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 star anise
• 1 stick cinnamon

Directions

1. Place pork feet and ginger slices in a large pot. Add water to cover pork feet. Bring water to boil, and boil for 3-5 minutes. Discard water, and wash pork feet carefully.
2. In 1/2 cup water, add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and Shaoxing wine. Pour into Instant Pot.
3. Add pork feet and other ingredients.
4. Pressure cook on high for 40 minutes.
5. Natural release for 15 minutes.

This recipe for Pork Trotter Vinegar uses both sweet vinegar and Chinese black vinegar to create a sweet-savory aromatic stew.

INGREDIENTS

• (2) Pork trotters, cut into smaller pieces
• A large ginger, sliced
• 17 oz (1 bottle) of sweet vinegar
• 10 oz of black rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup dark soy sauce
• 3 tbsp of avocado oil
• 3 stalks of scallions
• Chinese brown slab sugar to taste

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large pot, cover the trotters with water and boil 3-5 minutes. Scum will appear. Drain the water. Wash the trotters clean.
2. Repeat step 1 for a more bouncy texture.
3. Set Instant Pot to saute, add the oil, toss in the ginger and stir fry until fragrant. Add in pork trotter and continue to stir fry until brown
4. Pour in sweet vinegar and black rice vinegar, sugar, and scallions
5. Pressure cook for 40 minutes, under “soup” setting
6. Natural release for 10 minutes
7. Add palm sugar to taste.