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Pig Feet Hot Pot
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15 MIN
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4 servings
About This Recipe
This Spicy Pork Trotter Hot Pot is a rich, flavorful dish that combines tender, collagen-packed pork trotters with a fiery Sichuan-inspired broth. The pork trotters are first stewed for hours with ginger, scallions, red dates, and wolfberries, creating a deeply savory and nourishing base. The broth is then elevated with a bold blend of beef tallow oil, rehydrated dried chilies, and Sichuan peppercorns, delivering a numbing, aromatic heat. A touch of rock sugar, white wine, and huangjiu balances the spice, while garlic, old ginger, and scallions enhance the umami depth. Served with fresh veggies like mushrooms, lettuce, pea shoots, and chewy rice cakes, this hot pot is a feast for the senses. Customize your meal with a tangy, garlicky dipping sauce featuring sesame oil, cilantro, and peppercorns. Perfect for gatherings, this dish is a luxurious, slow-cooked masterpiece that warms the soul and excites the palate.
Instructions
Detailed preparation guide
servings
4
Total Time
15m
shopping_basket Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- pork trotters 1500g (about 2-3 trotters)
The aromatics
- red dates 10 pieces
- wolfberries 2 tbsp
- mushrooms 200g
- lettuce 150g
- pea shoots 100g
- rice cakes 200g
- hot pot noodles 200g
- old ginger 50g (about 2 slices)
- garlic 3 cloves
- scallions 2 stalks
The sauce & seasonings
- dried chili 50g
- Sichuan pepper 20g
- chili powder 30g
- rock sugar 20g
- white wine 2 tbsp
- huangjiu (yellow rice wine) ¼ cup
- beef tallow pot oil 500g
- sesame oil to taste
- cilantro for garnish
- oyster sauce to taste
- salt to taste
- chicken powder to taste
- soy sauce to taste
- vinegar to taste
- small peppercorns 1 tsp
menu_book Directions
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Step 1
Pork trotters are stewed in advance to make a broth. The method is to wash the pork trotters clean, add cooking wine, and blanch them with ginger slices. After rinsing, put the pork trotters, ginger slices, and scallions into a stew pot with an appropriate amount of water and stew for 4 hours. Red dates and wolfberries can be added 3.5 hours later.
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Step 2
Prepare the “House Spicy Pot” set: 500g of beef tallow pot oil, 1 bag of dried chili and Sichuan pepper, 120g of chili powder; however, only 30g of chili powder was used.
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Step 3
Soak the dried chili and Sichuan pepper in a bowl with boiling water for 15-20 minutes, then discard the chili water and keep the dried chili and Sichuan pepper.
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Step 4
Prepare other ingredients: salt, chicken powder, rock sugar, white wine, huangjiu, old ginger, scallions, and garlic.
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Step 5
Pour the soaked dried chili and Sichuan pepper into the pot.
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Step 6
Add salt, chicken powder, rock sugar, white wine, and huangjiu.
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Step 7
Add beef tallow pot oil.
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Step 8
Pour in the pork trotter broth.
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Step 9
Add old ginger, scallions, and garlic; cook over the fire for 20 minutes.
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Step 10
While cooking the hot pot, prepare some vegetables: wash and soak the hot pot noodles in clean water.
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Step 11
Wash and drain the mushrooms, lettuce, and pea shoots.
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Step 12
Wash and prepare the rice cakes.
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Step 13
Prepare two portions of dipping sauce by mixing sesame oil, garlic, cilantro, oyster sauce, salt, chicken powder, soy sauce, vinegar, chili powder, and small peppercorns.
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Step 14
After the hot pot is cooked, add the pre-stewed pork trotters to heat them up and let them absorb the flavor. Add washed cilantro before serving.
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Step 15
Pour the cooked hot pot into an electric hot pot, move it to the dining room, and turn on the power. Arrange the vegetables and dipping sauce, and it’s ready to serve.
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