With the power of pressure, this melt-in-your-mouth recipe courtesy of The Meatmen, can be served up in no time at all.
Black Vinegar Pig’s Trotters
Prep 15 mins Cook 30 mins Serves 4
Ingredients:
2 pig’s trotters
200 g old ginger, peeled
200 g young ginger, peeled
½ cup sesame oil
1 - 1.5 litres of boiling water
250 ml sweet vinegar
250 ml Zhejiang vinegar
80 g rock sugar
120 g dark brown sugar
6 hard-boiled eggs Salt to taste
Fresh coriander for garnish
1. Cut 2 pig’s trotters into smaller pieces.
2. Poach trotters in boiling water for 1 min.
3. Drain and set aside.
4. Slice old ginger.
5. Slice young ginger.
6. Heat ½ cup sesame oil in wok.
7. Add old ginger and young ginger slices.
8. Stir fry until fragrant.
9. Transfer ginger to pressure cooker leaving some sesame oil in wok.
10. Stir fry and slightly brown trotters with the sesame oil.
11. Add trotters to pressure cooker.
12. Add 1 to 1.5 litres of boiling water depending on size of cooker, 250 ml sweet vinegar, 250 ml Zhejiang vinegar, 80 g rock sugar, 120 g dark brown sugar, 6 hard-boiled eggs and salt to taste.
13. Cook in pressure cooker for 30 mins.
14. Turn heat off and let it rest for at least an hour.
15. Serve and garnish with fresh coriander.
