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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Pork leg noodle soup is a soupy dish familiar with its rich flavor that leaves an unforgettable impression on anyone who has tasted it. Today, let’s join TasteVN to the kitchen right away to make this delicious dish at home for the whole family to enjoy and gather around every weekend!
Ingredients for Pork Leg Noodle Soup For 4 people
Pork leg 1 kg Fresh noodles 1 kg Lemongrass 6 stalks Aromatic herbs a little Garlic 1 bulb Green onions 10 stalks Accompanying vegetables a little (basil/ lettuce/ mint/ Vietnamese balm/ perilla) Rock sugar 1 tablespoon Fermented fish sauce 1 teaspoon Chili powder 2 teaspoons Annatto oil 3 tablespoons Cooking oil 3 tablespoons Common seasonings a little (salt/ monosodium glutamate/ sugar)
Tools for preparation
How to choose fresh and delicious ingredients
How to choose fresh pork leg
- You should choose the hind legs of the pig as they usually have more meat and higher nutritional value.
- Additionally, when buying pork leg, you should select those with bright pink meat, without any unpleasant odor.
- Avoid choosing pork legs that are not elastic and have loose hooves, which are not intact. These are typically pork legs that are no longer fresh and delicious.
- To ensure the quality of the pork leg, you should buy it from reputable supermarkets or food stores!
How to choose fresh noodles
- The freshest noodles are those made in the morning, with a slightly cloudy, off-white color, and the noodle strands are not smooth and have a certain chewiness.
- If the noodles are clean, they tend to be soft and easily break apart, with strands sticking together. When eaten, they have a natural sour smell from soaked rice flour.
- Avoid buying fresh noodles that have transparent, shiny strands that look appealing and are soft when touched. Noodles exhibiting these characteristics may have been soaked in chemicals, which is not healthy for consumption.
- For safety, you can buy fresh noodles from TasteVN and supermarkets or try making fresh noodles at home with detailed instructions from TasteVN.
How to choose fresh and delicious lemongrass
- Fresh and delicious lemongrass will have tightly held stalks, with mature stalks on the outside wrapping around the young stalks inside.
- In addition, fresh lemongrass stalks will have leaves that are not dry or wilted.
- The lemongrass stems have a beautiful green color, without bruises or mushiness. When smelling lemongrass, it has a characteristic fragrant aroma.
- Avoid purchasing lemongrass with spots inside, bruised stems, and that feel soft when touched.
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How to prepare Pork Knuckle Noodles
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Prepare the pork knuckle
To save time, you can have the seller cut the knuckle into small round pieces about 1.5 – 2 finger widths thick or into bite-sized pieces, then bring it home and wash off the odor by rinsing with water.
Then use a little diluted salt to soak the knuckle for about 5 minutes and rinse it again with water 2 – 3 times and let it drain.
Tips for preparing to remove the odor from pork knuckle- Method 1: Rinse the pork knuckle clean and blanch it briefly in boiling water for 2 – 3 minutes, then take it out and rinse it with water.
- Method 2: Dissolve salt in water, then soak the cleaned pork knuckle in it for 25 – 30 minutes and rinse it under running water.
See details: Effective ways to remove the odor from pork knuckle
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Prepare other ingredients
Fresh noodles should be blanched in boiling water for about 30 seconds, then removed and drained.
Wash the green onions, then cut them in half, keeping the bulbs whole and chopping the leaves finely.
For garlic, peel, wash, and finely chop it, dividing it into two equal parts.
Wash the lemongrass, crush 2 stalks, and slice the remaining 4 stalks into thin rounds before pounding them in a mortar, or you can use a knife to chop them finely.
For the accompanying herbs, you should buy various herbs that will be more suitable. After purchasing, remove any spoiled parts and soak them in salted water for about 10 – 15 minutes. Then rinse with water and drain.
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Marinate the pork hock
Place the pork hock into a small bowl and marinate with a mixture of ingredients including: crushed lemongrass, 1/2 of the minced garlic, 1 teaspoon of chili powder, 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1 tablespoon of sugar.
Then mix the pork hock thoroughly with the spices and let it sit for about 10 minutes for the pork to absorb the spices evenly.
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Cook the broth
Add 3 tablespoons of cooking oil into a pot and wait for the oil to heat up, then add 3 tablespoons of annatto oil, the remaining garlic, and 1 teaspoon of chili powder into the pot, and continue to sauté until the garlic is fragrant.
Next, add 2 liters of water and 2 crushed lemongrass stalks, bring to a boil over high heat, and when the water starts to evaporate and simmer, add the marinated pork hock to stew. Wait for the water to boil, cover, reduce the heat to medium, and stew for about 30 – 40 minutes until the pork hock is tender.
When the pork hock is cooked, season with a mixture of spices including: 2 teaspoons of monosodium glutamate, 2 teaspoons of salt, 1 tablespoon of rock sugar, and 1 teaspoon of fermented shrimp paste. Stir gently and cook for another 5 minutes, taste again to adjust the seasoning, then turn off the heat.
Identifying tender pork hock: There is a simple tip to check if the pork hock is tender: use a chopstick to poke through the pork hock. If you find the chopstick easily pierces through, it means the pork hock is tender!
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Final Product
Finally, you add a little noodles into a bowl, then pour the broth along with the stewed pork leg into the bowl of noodles, and sprinkle a little chopped green onion and onion on top, and it is ready to enjoy!
The Pork Leg Noodles after completion will have a clear broth, rich and delicious flavor with the pork leg cooked until tender but not too soft. The eye-catching colors are brought by the red hue, combined with the strong aroma of lemongrass that is extremely appealing.
This makes us want to pick up the chopsticks and enjoy immediately to feel the tender and delicious pork leg, with a hint of lemongrass flavor, aromatic and rich broth just right. Let’s cook and enjoy it with the family right away!
Tips for making clear broth
- The first step to having a clear broth is to clean the bones and pork trotters by blanching them for about 3 minutes in boiling water.
- Additionally, when cooking the broth, you should not cook the bones for too long, as this will make the broth cloudy and slightly sour. The appropriate cooking time for broth from bones is about 60 – 90 minutes.
- To make the broth clearer and more fragrant, you can add a few raw or roasted shallots to the pot. Note that when making the broth, you should limit seasoning with seasoning powder as it can make the broth unclear.
- If you want the broth to be more fragrant and sweet, you can use vegetables like: radish, carrot, chayote,…
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This article provides a detailed guide on how to make pork trotter noodles simply and deliciously, with a rich and flavorful broth for you to refer to and cook for the whole family to enjoy. Wishing you success with this recipe!
*Source of the recipe and images shared from Facebook: Xuân Bee
