Excellent Jelly Crystalline Pork Trotters (Own Created Recipe) on 20Jul2018

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my own crystalline pork trotters

had excellent trotters at 苏小柳 dimsum at basement of crystal galleria mall 晶品 in shanghai on 17.6.2018.

苏小柳 pig trotters  the best perfect texture..superb = best dish for me….

braised pork trotters

braised pork trotters

decided to experiment my own created recipe for a crystalline pork trotters. 🙂

i boiled & cleaned trotters to remove scump.

then placed in corelle pot, added 1 tbsp flat sugar, 1tbsp flat salt, 1tbsp white vinegar, 4-5tbsp shaoxing wine

& placed in a 130degC oven for 6-7hrs.

this method model after serious eats japanese chashu pork recipe. 🙂

jelly crystalline pork trotters

after cool down, placed in fridge overnight, the gelatinous liquid will coagulate to become a jelly pork trotters.

the result was excellent- gelatinous, very tasty flavours, excellent bite & tasty jelly.

the trotters were very tender, tasty & yet with excellent bite & mouth feel 口感.

crytalline pork trotters

crytalline pork trotters

this method creates a jelly trotters.

for just crystalline trotters w/o jelly, remove trotters & placed in a ziploc bad in the fridge overnight.

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P.S.

i made some jelly pork trotters for JH family

they not used to jelly trotters so heat up…the trotters a bit soft when heated up, but quite perfect when taken chilled as they held together yet very tender.

c.h.e.f andy

Ingredients:

  • 2 pig trotters chopped into convenient sizes
  • 1 tbsp flat sugar
  • 1 tbsp flat salt
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 4-5 tbsp shaoxing wine

Directions:

  1. boil & clean trotters to remove scum.
  2. then place in corelle (oven proof) pot, add 1 tbsp flat sugar, 1tbsp flat salt, 1tbsp white vinegar, 4-5tbsp shaoxing wine
  3. then place in a 130degC oven for 6-7hrs.
  4. after cool down, place in fridge overnight, the gelatinous liquid will coagulate to become a jelly pork trotters.

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