Braised pork trotters

 

Ingredients:

 

500 g Pork trotter (get the butcher to cut into the small chunks) 10-12 Dried black mushrooms ( pre-soaked in water)  1 stalk Spring onion 4-6 Ginger slices A few cloves of mashed garlic  1 Star anise 1 clove 1 tbsp Dark soya sauce 1 tbsp Light soya sauce A dash of pepper 50 g rice wine 15g Gula Melaka 4 Chilli padi Some water or chicken stock 4-5 Hard boiled eggs Garnish with Celery Methods : ~ Wash trotters and clean well. Bring half a pot of water to a boil. Put in trotter and parboiled for 3-4 minutes. ~ Heat up the wok with grape seed oil. Stir fried the Ginger and garlic till fragrant. Then add in the trotter and fried till brown in colour. ~ Add in the spring onion, clove, star anise, chilli padi and gula Melaka. Stir fry for a while then add in the sauces and wine. ~ Lastly add in the water and bring to a boil. ~ Add in mushroom and pepper and boil for a while. ~ Pour all into a slow cooker and add in hard boiled eggs. ~Simmer till the gravy thicken and turn nice shiny braised colour. Took about 4-5 hours.