Braised Pork Feet

A hearty and savory pork feet stew with optional potato, carrot, raddish and peanuts using the pressure cooker.

• Cooking Time: 1.5 hrs
• Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• 500g pork feet
• Optional:
  • 1 potato
  • 1 carrot
  • 1/2 White Raddish (Cut into cubes)
• 1 spring onion
• 4 big slices of ginger (2 for blanching 2 slices of ginger for the spice bag)
• 2 splashes of salted Chinese cooking wine
• 1 full tablespoon of yellow bean sauce
• 1 full tablespoon of bean sauce
• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 0.5 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
• Gather onto plate:
  • 10 pieces of lump sugar
  • A handful of raw shelled Australian Virginia peanuts
  • Spice Bag:
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 1 small piece of Chinese cassia
    • 1 big piece of star anise
    • 1 black cardamom (tsao-ko amomum)

Steps

• Defrost 500g pork feet for 30 mins by putting it into water to draw out any blood
• Wash and cut the spring onion and tie it into a knot
• Slice another 4 slices of ginger 2 for the spice bag 2 for blanching the meat
• Wash a potato
• Wash, peel and slice a carrot into thirds
• Gather all these things onto a plate:
• 2 slices of ginger, 1 bay leaf, 1 small piece of Chinese cassia, 1 big piece of star anise, 1 black cardamom (tsao-ko amomum), 10 pieces of lump sugar
• Put everything on the plate into the spice bag except the lump sugar
• Get wok and fill with pork feet and then with cold water just enough to cover the pork
• Add a 2 splashes of salted chinese cooking wine, spring onion and slices of ginger
• Bring to a boil, them boil for another 10 mins so the pork to remove pork odour
• Pour out the pork into the sink and wash the pieces, especially where there is exposed bone marrow
• Add the washed pork to the pressure cooker
• Add spice bag and lump sugar into the pressure cooker
• Add the potato, carrot and a handful of raw shelled Australian Virginia peanuts into the pressure cooker
• Add 1 full tablespoon of yellow bean sauce and 1 full tablespoon of bean sauce into the pressure cooker
• Add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and 0.5 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
• Add water until it almost covers the pork bones
• Close the lid
• Set to steam and pressure cook for 10 mins
• Once cooking is done, let it sit in the pressure cooker for 20 mins
• Open the lid, take out the spice bag
• Boil the pork feet to make the meat tastier and reduce the sauce a little
• Serve in bowl