Boil a pot of water with ginger & spring onions and scald trotter for 7-8 minutes.
Drain and rinse well.
Oil
rock sugar about 30g
stir till the rock sugar melt
when the sugar became liquid, put the pork trotter in.
cook about 10 minutes till the change color
look at this slightly brown color on the skin
add in onions and sliced ginger cook until fragrant.
add in bay leaf, star anise and dry chili
pour in 1-2 can of beer to cover the porl trotter
season with dark soy sauce and oyster sauce
sugar 1 tbsp
spring onions
simmer the pork trotter about 40minutes until the sauce become thicker.
beer is boiliing, good smell
after 40 minutes, pork trotter has absorbed the flavour of the sauce and the sauce has thickened.
remove all the spices and herbs. it is ready to serve
look at that shinny color
The pork is so tender