How to stew pig's feet

Pig's trotters are a food that many people like to eat, because they allow people to eat a lot of them. In addition, pig's trotters are rich in collagen. Eating pig's trotters regularly can achieve breast enhancement and beauty effects. There are many ways to eat pig's trotters, such as braised pig's trotters. So, how to braise pig’s feet deliciously? The specific method will be shared with you below!

1. How to stew pig's feet

Clean the pig's trotters, cut them into 2 pieces, and blanch them in a pot.

Put the blanched pig's trotters into a stew pot, add most of the water, add appropriate amounts of cooking wine, soy sauce, onion, ginger, pepper, chili, aniseed, bay leaves, and cardamom, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 2 hours.

After stewing for about 2 hours, it is ready to be served. If you like the soup to have a gelatinous texture, you can add some white sugar or rock sugar. Cook over high heat for a few minutes and the soup will become thick and crystal clear.

Sprinkle chopped green onions for garnish before serving.

2. Applicable groups

It can be eaten by most people, and is a good food therapy for the elderly, women, and those suffering from blood loss.

It is suitable for people with blood deficiency; suitable for the elderly and weak; suitable for those who lack milk after childbirth; suitable for those with weak waist and legs; suitable for those with carbuncle and ulcer that have not healed for a long time;

Elderly people with weakened gastrointestinal digestive function should not eat too much at one time; patients with hepatitis, cholecystitis, gallstones, arteriosclerosis, and hypertension should eat less or not eat at all; those who have exogenous fever and all heat syndromes and solid syndromes should not eat too much; children with weakened gastrointestinal digestive function should not eat too much at one time.

3. Instructions for consumption

Pig's feet are also called pig's trotters and pig's hands. There are two types: front and back. The front hoof has more meat and less bones, and is curved. The hind hoof has less meat and slightly more bones, and is straight. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pig's trotters are mild in nature, sweet and salty in taste, and are a delicious dish similar to bear's paws and a "good medicine" for treating diseases.

The collagen protein in pig's feet can be converted into gelatin during the cooking process, which can bind a lot of water, thereby effectively improving the body's physiological functions and the water storage function of skin tissue cells, preventing premature wrinkling of the skin, and delaying skin aging; pig's feet have certain auxiliary therapeutic effects on patients with frequent limb fatigue, leg cramps, numbness, gastrointestinal bleeding, hemorrhagic shock and ischemic encephalopathy. It also helps the growth and development of adolescents and slows down the rate of osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly women; pig's feet are rich in collagen, which can promote hair growth, prevent progressive muscular dystrophy, improve coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, and have certain effects on gastrointestinal bleeding and dehydration shock.