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Black Vinegar Pork Trotter

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Servings: 10
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1.8 kg pork trotters*
  • 600 g Indonesia ginger or old ginger* peeled and sliced 1/4 inch thick
  • 10 hard boiled eggs shells removed
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 750 ml water
  • 750 ml bull dog brand "Shuang Liao" black vinegar
  • 500 g gula melaka

Method
 

  1. Cut trotters into 2 inch pieces.
  2. Scald pork with boiling water to remove scum, then drain.
  3. Heat French oven on med-high heat and add sesame oil.
  4. Stir-fry ginger until fragrant.
  5. Pour in vinegar and water.
  6. Bring to boil and add gula melaka.
  7. Cover and allow to simmer until gula melaka has dissolved (5-10 minutes)
  8. Then add pork trotters, and egg, then bring to boil.
  9. Reduce heat to a simmer, and allow to simmer until pork is tender.
  10. About an hour.
  11. Skim off fats before serving.

Notes

*Substitute some pork trotters for pork shoulders if you prefer lean meat.
*My mum advocated for Indonesia ginger, just ask the sundries store owner at the wet market. You will not be able to get Indonesia ginger at supermarkets.