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Chapter 118 Stew the pig's trotters (Third update, please subscribe)
  I bought a pack of pig's trotters from the meat factory again. All the pig's trotters had been burnt until the outer skin was charred black.

When Feng Zhengming brought it back from the meat factory, he first soaked the pig's trotters in hot water.

Then use a knife to carefully scrape off all the burnt black parts on the surface of the pig's trotters.

Feng Zhengming put the scraped pig's trotters into a large pot and added water to cook them in the kitchen of the small courtyard.

In this process, according to the recipe given by Master, the water cannot be boiled or boiled.

Just heat the water and use the hot water to scald the skin of the pig's trotters to make the skin of the pig's trotters firmer.

After taking the pig's trotters out of the pot, remove the water used to scald the pig's trotters in the big pot.

Then, if you are not in a hurry, you can dry the surface of the pig's trotters.

Feng Zhengming was anxious to try the recipe given by his master today, so he used a clean towel to wipe off all the water on the surface of the pig's trotters.

Wipe off the water on the surface of the pig's trotters, and Feng Zhengming uses [-]:[-] honey water to evenly apply on the skin of each pig's trotters.

You must apply it to the entire surface of the pig's trotters, and you also need to rub it with your hands.

Let the surface of the pig's trotters completely absorb the honey water.

After that, the pig's trotters need to be air-dried.

According to the master's recipe, you can use a fan to speed up the drying of the skin of the pig's trotters.

When the surface of the pork skin is dry, you can put it in the pan and fry it.

It's about [-]% to [-]% pork trotters at oil temperature.

Fry the skin of the pig's trotters until golden brown and take them out.

If the skin of the pig's trotters is fried too dark, the color will further deepen when it is stewed, and the pig's trotters will turn black when they come out of the pot.

Feng Zhengming fried the golden pig's trotters and set them aside to dry.

Next, Feng Zhengming took out the pot passed down by his master and began to stir-fry sugar on the liquefied gas stove next to him.

Just like making a handful of pork before, Master also said it in the recipe.

Be sure to fry the sugar color to adjust the color.

That way it will be rosy and bright, rather than dark black.

Feng Zhengming turned on low heat, put only a little oil in the pot, then put in a few grains of rock sugar, and began to slowly fry the sugar color over low heat.

In fact, frying sugar color is also a test of patience.

As the soup in the pot slowly changes color, it gradually turns into a deep reddish brown.

At this time, Feng Zhengming poured the hot soup prepared in advance into the pot.

The color of the sugar in the pot is washed away, and the soup in the pot shows a beautiful ruddy color under the light.

According to the amount of pig's trotters made today, Feng Zhengming added some water to the pot.

In the end, it was just enough to cover the pig's trotters.

Then start seasoning, add a larger amount of salt, and add a few grains of rock sugar.

Feng Zhengming tasted the soup and made sure there was nothing wrong with the taste.

Then put all the pig's trotters in a stew pot.

Then put all the washed green onion, ginger skin, and some green parts into the pot.

Of course, Feng Zhengming also added a few whole green onions into the pot at the end.

These whole green onions are not just for adding flavor to the pig's trotters, but more importantly, these green onions are stewed with the pig's trotters, absorbing the oily aroma of the pig's trotters, and can be used later when cooking.

After arranging the things in the stew pot, Feng Zhengming poured the pot of flavored soup into the stew pot.

After rinsing the five spices, wrap them in a cloth bag and put them in the pot.

Bring the water in the pot to a boil on the LPG stove.

After boiling, Feng Zhengming transferred the stew pot to the briquette stove, sealed most of the air vents of the stove, leaving only a small opening, and let the briquette stove slowly stew the pig's trotters on a low and even fire.

This process takes approximately four to five hours.

Of course, during this time, Feng Zhengming would not be idle, but began to prepare the meat and lunch dishes for the lunch stall. At the same time, I also made some preparations for inviting senior brother and the others to dinner in the evening.

The meat has just been cooked in the kitchen of Feng Zhengming's small courtyard.

There was a sound outside the small courtyard.

"Is Xiao Feng here? Is the meat out of the pot?"

"It must be, I can smell the fragrance."

"Hahaha, is it back to the time when Old Feng was making meat?"

"That's right, Lao Feng used to make handfuls of meat. As soon as the pot was boiled, I could smell the aroma while sitting at home. I would rush over immediately to buy the freshly cooked meat."

"Yes, the meat tastes better freshly out of the pot."

Hearing the sounds outside the small courtyard, Feng Zhengming immediately knew that the neighbors were coming.

Most of the neighbors who live around Grandpa Feng's house are about the same age as Grandpa Feng.

Even though some are younger than Grandpa Feng, most are in their fifties.

Most of these people have eaten the meat cooked by Grandpa Feng himself.

Originally, Grandpa Feng had retired these years, and no one in the family was doing this. Everyone thought they would soon forget the taste of the meat that Grandpa Feng made back then.

As a result, Feng Zhengming gave everyone freshly cooked meat that day.

This is really out of control.

The gluttons that have been dormant for many years are awakened in everyone's stomach.

So these days, neighbors come here almost every day to buy handfuls of meat.

Of course, the neighbors have learned the lesson now, and when they come to buy it every day, they bring their own bowls to buy it.

Everyone didn't buy much, just one or two pieces, and brought some tofu, dried tofu, gluten or large green peppers.

If I buy this and take it home, I can have some meat and vegetables for lunch.

Some of them are still relatively young and even buy rice from Grandpa Feng’s house for lunch.

In this way, when I get back from get off work, I can buy a handful of meat and rice directly from Feng Zhengming, and I can finish my lunch when I get home.

In this way, everyone really forms a habit.

Every day when Feng Zhengming cooks a pot in the kitchen, neighbors come in smelling the aroma.

Feng Zhengming carried the big pot directly from the kitchen to the small courtyard.

He put the big pot down in front of the courtyard gate and said, "Come on, I've just opened the pot and I'll buy it for everyone first."

Seeing Feng Zhengming coming out with a big pot, all the neighbors suddenly looked forward to it.

"Xiao Feng's craftsmanship is really getting better and better, and the taste is really no worse than your grandpa's back then."

"Yes, after eating it for so many years, I originally thought that Uncle Feng would retire and stop working, and he would never be able to eat it again. Fortunately, Xiao Feng continued to work."

"Xiao Feng, I heard that you go to South Station to sell at noon every day? Business should be very good, right?"

While Feng Zhengming was serving meat to everyone, he was also chatting with his neighbors.

"Business is okay. The main reason is that the recipe my grandpa passed on to me is great. Now many people go to South Station to buy from me. So I discussed with grandpa and planned to reopen the Feng Family Restaurant in the city."

When the neighbors heard that the Feng Family Restaurant was about to reopen, they all looked forward to it.

"Really? The Feng Family Restaurant is going to reopen?"

"That's great. We'll have somewhere to eat for lunch in the future."

"Just reopen it. The Feng Family Restaurant is an old sign, so business will definitely be good when it reopens."

Feng Zonggu walked out of the room at this time and said: "When it opens, everyone must go and support my grandson."

When the neighbors heard about it, they all agreed that they would definitely come to support Feng Zhengming when the time came.

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