Black Vinegar Trotters

Photo: flickr user JasonDGreat

Ingredients

1 pig's trotter (1.5kg) - cut into serving pieces

400 ml black vinegar

500 ml water

200 grams old ginger - skinned and smashed lightly

300 grams brown sugar

1 tablespoon light soy sauce

1 salt to taste

Preparation

Method:BLANCH trotter pieces in boiling water. Remove and drain well. Heat 2 tbsp sesame oil and 1 tbsp cooking oil, fry ginger till golden brown and aromatic.

Dish out and transfer ginger into a claypot and add the black vinegar, water and brown sugar then bring to a boil.

Simmer for 30 minutes till ginger turns soft. Add the trotter and simmer till it is soft and tender.

Bring a steamer with water to a rolling boil. Place the deep dish with the bundle of herbal chicken to steam for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Top up the water in the steamer if necessary.

When done, remove dish, open up the bundle and serve hot.