Braised Pork Trotters

Ingredients

2 pcs/750 g Pork trotter (get the butcher to cut into the small chunks)
10 - 12 Dried black mushrooms
1 stalk Spring onion
4-6 pcs Ginger slices
1 pc Star anise
1 tbsp Dark soya sauce
1 tbsp Light soya sauce
25 g Jiafan rice wine
5-8 pcs Szechuan pepper corns
1 tbsp Salad oil
1 tsp Salt
15 g Sugar
4-5 pcs Dried chili
Some water

Method

1.Wash trotters and clean well. Bring half a pot of water to a boil. Put in trotter and parboiled for 3-4 minutes.
2.Remove and place the trotter in a pressure cooker together with the dried mushrooms, ginger slices, spring onion, rice wine, soya sauces and star anise. Add in enough water to cover the trotter and cook for about 15 minutes.
3.Heat up a wok with salad oil. Add in sugar and saut¨¦ until fragrant and sugar has melted. Transfer the trotter from the presser cooker to the wok and bring to a boil. Add in dried chili and flavoured with salt. Reduce the heat and continue to simmer until the sauce turns thick and the trotter is cooked through. Dish out and sprinkle with some chopped spring onions. Serve the dish immediately.