Best pork trotter Recipes for Everyday Cooking

Make the most of pork trotter with our handpicked recipes — simple, satisfying, and full of flavour.

Recipes with pork trotter

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Lao Guang's Secret Pork Knuckle and Ginger

A small bowl of pork trotter with ginger warms the body and dispels wind, especially during autumn and winter—after all, putting on weight in autumn helps protect against the cold in winter! This delicious pork trotter with ginger is quite delicate to prepare. If preparing for someone confinement, start soaking the ginger two weeks in advance, bringing it to a boil daily and then turning it off. Soak for at least a week to fully unleash the ginger's aroma. My week-long pot of pork trotter with ginger is simply enticing: the trotter is a translucent brown, tender yet slightly chewy, and the flavor grows with every bite. The egg has a deep brown outer shell, but when cut open, the yolk is a firm orange-yellow, and even the core is imbued with the flavor of ginger vinegar. The ginger is crumb-free and not as spicy as those sold outside; it's refreshing and refreshing. The broth is just right—not sour, bitter, sweet, or thick—and even more flavorful than a carefully prepared broth. While Guangdong street vendors sell pig's trotters with plenty of ginger, a small piece of ginger, an egg, and a pig's trotter costs at least 20 yuan, and the flavor isn't quite there. It's nothing like home-cooked pork trotters, which are both affordable and flavorful, with every bite filled with heartfelt warmth. Speaking of which, in the month after my "divine beast" was born, we used a total of 150 pig's trotters! I just wanted to nourish my family, but the aroma filled the hallway. As if they had "smell radar," the neighbors would come to my house every day to "freeload" and take their meals away, treating me like a "makeshift pig's trotter delivery station." Everyone said my pig's trotters were so delicious they almost wanted to take the pot home with them!

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Braised Pork Knuckle with Preserved Plum (Classic Cantonese Dish)

Braised pork trotters with preserved plums is a classic Cantonese dish that makes your mouth water just looking at it! The pork trotters are stewed until they're incredibly tender and fall off the bone easily, with a slightly chewy skin that bursts with juice when you bite into them. The sweet and sour flavor of the preserved plums perfectly balances the richness of the meat. Each piece is coated in a thick sauce, savory with a refreshing aftertaste, making it not greasy at all. You'll want to suck every last bit off the bone! It's perfect with rice or as a snack. My family always fights over it; it's a true rice-eating machine, and you'll want to lick the sauce off your chopsticks afterward!

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Sichuan and Chongqing cured pork trotter stewed with white kidney beans and kelp

Sichuan and Chongqing cured meat is the same as durian - those who love it can take it as their life, and those who hate it have to take a detour when they smell it. Sichuan and Chongqing cured pig's trotters are a traditional delicacy with local characteristics. Its appearance is ruddy, the meat is firm and chewy, and it exudes a rich and mellow salty and fragrant cured flavor. It is usually served on the table during important festivals or when entertaining important guests. It is a "hard dish" on the table. ~ This cured pig's trotter stewed with kidney beans and kelp soup is salty and fragrant with the unique smokey smell of cypress branches. The skin is tough and the meat is glutinous. It is chewy and not dry. The kidney beans are full of fat, the flour is full of cured fragrance, and the kelp is slippery and wrapped in milky white soup. Every bite is full of the Sichuan and Chongqing style that cannot be dissolved. Even the soup wants to be soaked in rice and finished with a pot~~

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Barbecue Braised Pork Trotters

As promised from the last recipe, here is an alternative of how you can spice up your braised meat to enhance its flavour to next level! Barbecue Braised Pork Trotters is a simple way to “spice up” pre-braised pork trotters for a punchier finish. The trotters are refrigerated overnight to hold their shape, then coated in a seasoning mix of salt, chicken powder, cumin, chilli powder, and sesame seeds. They’re baked at 190°C for 10 minutes, then served right away.

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Braised Beef Brisket Noodles

Braised Beef Brisket Noodles is a rich, flavourful soup built on beef brisket and pork trotter, simmered with classic Chinese spices like dried chillies, Sichuan peppercorn, star anise, cinnamon bark, and bay leaves. The broth is seasoned with chilli bean sauce, soybean sauce, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, and salt, then poured over your noodles of choice (with optional vegetables) for a hearty bowl.

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Braised pork knuckle with fermented bean curd and peanuts

The pig's trotter with fermented bean curd and peanuts is bright red and attractive, and the thick sauce covers the soft and rotten pig's trotter. It tastes salty and mellow, and the unique flavor of fermented bean curd permeates every bit of meat. The pig's trotter is tender and boneless, and the peanuts are dense and tasty. It is rich in collagen, protein and various trace elements, which can nourish the skin and replenish energy. It is a delicious and nutritious dish.