How to pickle preserved pork feet? Method for pickling pig's feet

Pig's trotters are delicious and nutritious, and they are loved by the general public. In China, many families will pickle pig's trotters during the Spring Festival. The food made by roasting pig's trotters or drying in the sun can not only effectively prevent corrosion, but also preserve for a long time and taste more special. Let's talk about how to pickle preserved pork feet.

Nutritional value of dried trotters

Pig's trotters are rich in phosphorus, potassium and sodium, and also contain elements such as fat, protein and carbohydrates.

Edible effect of preserved trotters

Bacon tastes mellow, fat but not greasy, thin but not stuffed. Not only has a unique flavor, but also has the functions of appetizing, dispelling cold and promoting digestion.

How to pickle preserved pork feet?

The principle of curing meat: Dehydrating meat makes it difficult for bacteria to breed, which is beneficial to the long-term preservation of meat. Adding salt can give meat a unique flavor. Pickled products are generally divided into smoked curing and natural drying curing. In the cold and dry north, the pickled products after preliminary processing can be directly placed in a cool and ventilated place and can be stored for a long time without deterioration; In the humid south, cured meat is usually smoked.

Step 1: Sprinkle salt: cut the pig's feet with a sharp knife, and don't leave a thick layer of meat. Then evenly sprinkle salt on the carved place and outside, so that the whole pig's feet are evenly sprinkled with salt. The amount of salt is a little heavier than usual. Generally 100G salt corresponds to about 5kg of meat. This can be measured by yourself. The salt is a little heavier. One is to prevent dehydration from rotting completely, and the other is to prevent uneven salt from causing bad taste.

Step 2, let stand: put the pickled pig's trotters in a large pot, let them naturally dehydrate a part, and let the salt fully penetrate the covered meat layer, which can generally be left here for about 2-3 days.

The third part, seasoning: you can put some seasoning, such as pepper and pepper, on the trotters according to your own preferences. , and add it according to your own preferences, or you don't have to add it.

Step 4: Open the air.

1. The traditional natural drying method can be used in the dry and cold north, which is relatively simple. It can be directly hung in a cool and ventilated place, without the smell of smoke, but it lacks the unique smell of smoke.

2. Smoking generally uses wood or fuel that can emit fragrance, such as cypress, grapefruit peel and orange peel. The cured meat has a unique flavor and is very delicious. Of course, the height of smoking should be well controlled, not too close to the fire nor too far away, generally 80- 120cm away from the flame.

Step 5, harvest: the curing time can be long or short, and it usually takes about 45 days for smoking to taste. The observation standard is: the skin of the meat is brown and the fat is transparent, indicating that it can be used or placed for a long time. Natural drying time is slightly longer than smoking.

My family lives in the southwest, and I smoke at home, which tastes much better than those bought in ordinary supermarkets.

How to pickle Sichuan trotters

This is very simple. First of all, if you dare to eat spicy food, first break the trotters and dip them in pepper, Chili powder and salt to see your taste. Then, put the pig's trotters in the pot, cover them, marinate them for two days, take them out and dry them ... it is best to put some wine on them.

Stewed kelp with trotters

Cured pig's trotters are the most essential part of bacon. Every Spring Festival, they are the best gifts to honor elders and give to relatives and friends. So every year when bacon is stored, my parents will buy a lot of pork legs and smoke them. Some will be given to relatives and friends, and the other will be brought to our home, and then we will enjoy this delicious food slowly.

Ingredients: kelp 200g, dried pig's trotters 250g.

Seasoning: salt 5g ginger 5g garlic 5g pepper 10 dried pepper 5g cooking wine 5g soy sauce 5g chopped pepper 5g.

Braised kelp with pig's trotters 1. Wash and chop the dried pig's trotters, put them into a pot, add ginger, garlic, pepper and dried pepper, and add appropriate amount of water.

2. Add cooking wine and soy sauce to boil.

3. After boiling, add chopped pepper and turn to medium heat for 40 minutes, put it into the sea and stew for another 20 minutes, and add salt before taking out.

Cooking tips

1, the dried pig's trotters are very fragrant, and there is no need to add too much seasoning;

2. Bacon is a cured product, with proper amount of salt.

Nutritional efficacy

Kelp contains extremely high iodine, which is the main raw material for synthesizing thyroxine in the body. Regular consumption can make hair moist and black. Kelp has certain medicinal value, because kelp contains a lot of iodine, which is the main substance of thyroid synthesis. If the human body lacks iodine, it will suffer from "coarse neck disease". Kelp also contains a lot of mannitol, which has the function of diuresis and detumescence, and can prevent and treat renal failure, senile edema and drug poisoning. Mannitol, together with iodine, potassium and nicotinic acid, has a good preventive and therapeutic effect on arteriosclerosis, hypertension, chronic bronchitis, chronic hepatitis, anemia and edema. The high-quality protein and unsaturated fatty acids in kelp have certain preventive and therapeutic effects on heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. Chinese medicine believes that kelp is salty and cold, which has the functions of softening and resolving hard mass, relieving asthma, diuresis, removing fat and lowering blood pressure, and has a good effect on preventing and treating silicosis. Kelp colloid can promote the excretion of radioactive substances in the body with stool, thus reducing the accumulation of radioactive substances in the human body and reducing the incidence of radioactive diseases.