Chinese braised pork knuckle
Ingredients
- 1000 g Pork knuckle (with bone/ cut into pieces)
- 40 g dried shiitake mushroom (fig1)
- 25 g dried shrimps (fig2)
- 60 g red skin peanuts (fig3)
- 25 g dried scallop
- 400 ml chicken broth
- 1.5 L water
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- ½ tsp sea salt
Ingredients for blanch
- 3 pcs slices of ginger
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
Instructions
Prepare in advance
- Soak the mushroom, shrimps, scallops and peanut for 3-6 hours
Braise the pork knuckle
- Add pork hock in a pot. Cover with cold water. Let it soak in water for 15 mins. Bring the water to boil over medium heat. Add in the ingredient for blanch. Let the pork knuckle cook for 5 mins. Rinse and clean it well. Put it aside.
- In the pot, add in the chicken broth, water and bring it to boil over high heat. Add in mushroom, shrimps, peanuts, scallop, and the cleaned pork knuckle
- Bring the broth to boil. Turn the heat to medium. Simmer it for 15 mins. Then turn the heat to low. Simmer for another 45-60 mins until the pork knuckle is tender
- Add salt and fish sauce to taste. Enjoy
For serve it in cold
- Remove the pork from pork knuckle after cooked. Add it into the container along with all the ingredients and the broth. Store in the fridge for 1 day
- Remove it from the container. Cut it into pieces. Enjoy
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Notes
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Other tips
Add some hot water while simmering the pork if the water level is too low
Other tips
Add some hot water while simmering the pork if the water level is too low