Pork Trotter in Black Vinegar and Ginger
Pork Trotter in Black Vinegar and Ginger

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Old ginger root and sesame oil are must-haves on the post-natal menu. Every dish our confinement lady cooked featured these two ingredients. Black Sweet Vinegar Pork Trotter Recipe 猪脚醋(姜醋猪脚)

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have pork trotter in black vinegar and ginger using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pork Trotter in Black Vinegar and Ginger:
  1. Prepare 400 g pork trotter or knuckle
  2. Prepare 500 ml black vinegar
  3. Prepare 200 g Bentong Ginger / old ginger
  4. Take 600 ml water
  5. Make ready 2 tbsp sesame oil
  6. Get 1 tsp salt
  7. Get 1 tbsp palm sugar / brown sugar
  8. Make ready Some dried chillies optional

Pig's trotter in black vinegar and ginger stew is a standard Chinese confinement dish after a woman gives birth. Traditionally eaten by new mothers, this stew promotes strength and aids in recovery of the body from the strenuous process of giving birth. It also keeps the new mums warm in the first month. This can be cooked on a regular day for anybody.

Steps to make Pork Trotter in Black Vinegar and Ginger:
  1. Chop pork knuckle into small pieces with bones attached. Wash clean with water and remove hair. Simmer the meat in hot water with ginger and green onions for 30 minutes. Remove and set aside.
  2. Heat up wok with sesame oil. Add in old ginger or Bentong Ginger and stir fry till fragrance. The ginger is best cut into thick slices or just smashed it in large chunks. Add in some salt. Pour the ginger into a clay pot or any pot for slow cook purpose.
  3. Add 250ml black vinegar and 300ml water into the pot with the fried ginger and simmer it for 30 minutes.
  4. Add in another round of 250ml black vinegar and 300ml water and simmer for another 30 minutes. You can add a few pieces dried chillies if you prefer more spiciness.
  5. Add in the pork and simmer in slow cook mode for 1 hour until meat is soft. Add in sugar and slow cook for another 10 minutes till sugar dissolves. Adjust sugar to taste if you want more sweetness.
  6. You can remove some oil on the top of the layer of the gravy. Some recipe add in black beans and hard boiled eggs and is optional. The gravy should taste sour and sweet with some spiciness of ginger.

The version for confinement is heavier on ginger and sesame oil because all these are "heaty" and good for a woman who has just give birth. Slightly dried ginger is more absorbent. New moms are expected to eat the ginger along with the pork trotters, eggs, and vinegar! You'll also need some regular Chinese black vinegar, which is more sour. Chinese believe black vinegar purifies the blood, old ginger drives out wind and brown sugar puts a check on "dampness".

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