A must-have postpartum dish for new mom. It’s a tradition of our family to have this postpartum. It’s also a wonderful winter dish to boost the immune, improve Qi, replenish and warm the blood, expel cold and dampness, and restore vitality to the body! Chinese Pig Trotter with Black Vinegar and Ginger 豬腳薑醋 is recommended for women’s health and well being and is a beautiful dish to replenish calcium and boost collagen!
There is a lot of collagen from the pig trotter, its bones, and the hard-boiled egg. This sweet black vinegar and ginger stew aid vitality. This stew can be reboiled multiple times. Add extra black vinegar, hard-boiled eggs, pork trotters and even beef tendon! The flavours just gets better over time!
Benefits of Black Vinegar Pork Trotter During Pregnancy
This Chinese tradition, called the magic of a month of rest, “sitting moon,” “sitting the month or Zuo Yuezi goes back for centuries. This month directly after childbirth is crucial for new mothers and their children. Rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicinal theories, a woman can rebuild their health during this critical recovery time! All old ailments could be made new provided proper care. 30years ago! OMG, time flies. My hands and feet would be super cold, especially during the winter months. My family cooked this dish and with proper postpartum confinement, I no longer experience those symptoms. I feel healthier and stronger and try to eat this dish during winter months. As women, we have a higher risk of developing osteoporosis and broken bones than men of the same age group because women have smaller and thinner bones than men. Between age 20 to 80, women lose one-third of the bone mineral density. So it is crucial to replenish lost vitamins and minerals early on.
Chinese Ginger Vinegar Benefits
The citric acid from the black vinegar aids metabolism and cholesterol reduction. Ginger helps digestion, improves the absorption and assimilation of essential nutrients in the body. Ginger also helps warm the body up, improve the spleen and digestive system, restores Qi and Yang energy, treats anemia, weakness, tiredness, and etc.
I’ve always loved this dish because of the ginger aroma and the sweet and sour taste. Black vinegar contains many essential amino acids. Amino acids help repair muscle tissue and nail growth. Black vinegar helps to balance our body’s PH levels by neutralizing lactic acid and alkalizing the blood. Every winter, I will eat a pot of Chinese Pig Knuckles with Black Vinegar and Ginger to help fight ageing.
How to Cook the Best Black Vinegar Pork Trotters
Making the best pig trotter stew with black vinegar and ginger is actually very simple. But it takes time. Usually, I will allow myself two days to prepare this. Some recipes online condense the process into one sitting, but this is one that I’ve grown with.
My grandma also emphasizes using both young and old ginger. She says you want the hotness from old ginger and the aroma from young ginger.
You will want to both slice and bruise the ginger. Bruise and pound the ginger with a meat mallet or the side of your blade.
Most people do not put red dates in their stew, but personally, I like to add a few for that extra sweetness. Chinese red dates have many health benefits such as Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and magnesium. Red dates are antioxidants and help stimulate the production of white blood cells. The iron and phosphorus in red dates also help prevent osteoporosis and anemia, both common in women. YOu can also add black fungus to preent blood clotting and assist in cleansing the blood and prevent blood deficiency.
I hope you like this recipe and enjoy some warmth during the cold winter months!
INGREDIENTS
- 100 grams old ginger 老薑
- 100 grams young ginger 子姜
- 1 tsp oil 茶匙油
- ⅓ tsp salt 茶匙鹽
- 4 bottles (600g each) sweetened vinegar 八珍甜醋
- 200 ml black vinegar ( sour vinegar) 黑醋
- one pig front leg or black leg 豬手 / 豬脚
- 4 tbsp Dark Brown Sugar
- 4–6 eggs 雞蛋
- 4 tsp shaoxing wine 紹興酒
- 5pcs Red Dates 红枣 *optional
- Instructions
- Day 1
- wash and pat dry ginger. It must be fully air dried approximate 2 hours.
- tenderize and bruise the ginger. Also slice a few pieces of ginger
- Over medium heat, stir fry the ginger for 6 mins. Add 1 teaspoon oil, ⅓ tps salt, con’t to stir fry until ginger is fully dry. Otherwise wet ginger will promote bacteria and mold.
- In a large pot (preferably clay pot), pour 4 bottles of 600 grams each of sweetened vinegar, 200 ml black vinegar, 4 tablespoon Dark Brown Sugar
- Boil at high heat. When bubbling, add in previously stir fried ginger.
- Once boiling, Reduce heat to low and cook for 2 hours.
- Turn off the heat and leave overnight.
- Day 2
- Clean, wash and pat dry pig trotters. Cube
- Boil a hot pot of water, add a few slices of ginger, 4 teaspoon of shaoxing wine and pig trotters.
- Cover the lid and bring to boil.
- When it is boiling, turn to medium heat and cook for 30 mins.
- Once cooked, remove from water, and pat dry.
- Add to Day 1 cooked ginger and black vinegar pot.
- Boil at high heat. Reduce heat to low and cook for 2 hours.
- Turn off the heat and leave overnight.
- Day 3
- Boil hard boil eggs for 13 mins.
- Add salt to the boiling pot. Salt helps to keep egg whites inside the shell even if the shell is cracked.
- Shock in cold water and remove the shell.
- Add the hard boil eggs to the Day 2 pig trotter with black vinegar and ginger pot.
- Boil at high heat. Reduce heat to low and cook for 1 hour.
Instructions
Day 1
- wash and pat dry ginger. It must be fully air dried approximate 2 hours.
- tenderize and bruise the ginger. Also slice a few pieces of ginger
- Over medium heat, stir fry the ginger for 6 mins. Add 1 teaspoon oil, ⅓ tps salt, con’t to stir fry until ginger is fully dry. Otherwise wet ginger will promote bacteria and mold.
- In a large pot (preferably clay pot), pour 4 bottles of 600 grams each of sweetened vinegar, 200 ml black vinegar, 4 tablespoon Dark Brown Sugar
- Boil at high heat. When bubbling, add in previously stir fried ginger.
- Once boiling, Reduce heat to low and cook for 2 hours.
- Turn off the heat and leave overnight.
Day 2
- Clean, wash and pat dry pig trotters. Cube
- Boil a hot pot of water, add a few slices of ginger, 4 teaspoon of shaoxing wine and pig trotters.
- Cover the lid and bring to boil.
- When it is boiling, turn to medium heat and cook for 30 mins.
- Once cooked, remove from water, and pat dry.
- Add to Day 1 cooked ginger and black vinegar pot.
- Boil at high heat. Reduce heat to low and cook for 2 hours.
- Turn off the heat and leave overnight.
Day 3
- Boil hard boil eggs for 13 mins.
- Add salt to the boiling pot. Salt helps to keep egg whites inside the shell even if the shell is cracked.
- Shock in cold water and remove the shell.
- Add the hard boil eggs to the Day 2 pig trotter with black vinegar and ginger pot.
- Boil at high heat. Reduce heat to low and cook for 1 hour.
ENJOY!!
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