Pork trotter vinegar is one of my favorite old school Chinese dishes, and can’t believe it took me a whole year after lock down to start cooking it. I mean, you don’t have to be a lady in confinement to have an excuse to enjoy it, right?
It’s so simple to make as well. All you need are – pork trotter, black vinegar (get the premixed one), sesame oil, and ginger. That is all, and with pressure cooker, making this is super fast too.
pork trotter vinegar, classic Chinese dish
Ingredients:
- Pork trotter – 3/4 KG
- Generous amount of ginger (2-3 inches or more), sliced
- Premixed black vinegar (ask for those from Penang, I use this “two lion”, or “Swee On Woh” brand), 1 bottle (600 ml)
- 3-4 tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 cups of water
- Eggs (optional)
- Dried chili (optional, if you want it slightly spicier)
- Cilantro (optional)
I used the entire bottle of this pre-mixed black vinegar
Instructions:
- Heat up sesame oil and saute ginger slices till fragrant
- Add in pork trotter and saute for a minute or two
- Add black vinegar, entire bottle
- Cook in high pressure for 30 mins, or low heat for 3 hours if you don’t have a pressure cooker
- Top off with some chopped cilantro for colors
The result was excellent and as good as any I’ve tried, the fat and skin so tender. I take zero credit for how well this turns out as the key ingredient was the excellent black vinegar itself. Try it!
P/S: if you don’t have a pressure cooker, simmer in low heat for up to 3 hours.
This is one of my mom’s signature dishes and I love to drink the “soup”! My mom always put some hard boiled eggs in it when she cooks pork trotter vinegar.
Choi Yen: Haha yes, drink them all! So good kan!
My! My! That looks gorgeous!!! I love pork trotters with sambal belacan…and stewed eggs would be a must!
suituapui: oh yes, sambal belacan would be great!
Hmmm, I’ve always thought there’s quite a bit of sugar in this dish but your recipe doesn’t have. I love this dish (but with leaner pork, not pork trotter) especially the sauce which I can drink all up. Yeah, I can hear you saying already…vinegar pork trotter with lean meat instead? Aiyor, cannot-lah! I try my best to ask them to give me the leaner parts when I order this outside but still end up with many fatty parts. That’s why I wish I can cook this at home but everyone says the success of the dish very much depends on the brand of black vinegar used, so I dare not try. Now I know of one brand but don’t know where I can find it.
eatwhateatwhere: this particular “premix” black vinegar already has sugar in it so there’s no need to add on our own, fail proof! You can go online and get them too!
Hi
Is the pot stainless steel?
Can we cook vinegar in it?
Thanks to advice.
Jane: Yes I believe there isn’t an issue.