Recipe Ingredient
- 1 pig's trotter, cleaned and cut into 5 cm pieces
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- 50g sliced ginger
- 12 dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked
- 10 red dates
- 20g black fungus, soaked
- 1 litre fresh chicken stock
- 1 cup glutinous rice wine
- Seasoning
- ½-1 tsp salt or to taste
- 1 tsp pepper or to taste
Instructions
- Boil a saucepan of water and scald trotter for 5-6 minutes. Remove and rinse well.
- Heat sesame oil in a claypot and fry garlic and ginger until fragrant. Put in trotter and mushrooms. Fry for a while.
- Add 3-4 tablespoons fresh chicken stock (this is to prevent ingredients sticking to the pot). Add red dates and black fungus, then pour in remaining stock.
- Cover the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 40-50 minutes.
- Add glutinous rice wine and seasoning and continue to simmer for 20 minutes or until trotter is tender.
