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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
1 hour
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Difficulty
Easy
If you are a fan of braised dishes, then don’t miss the fragrant and incredibly rice-consuming braised pork knuckle with turmeric. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN and show off your skills to treat yourself and your family!
Ingredients for Braised Pork Knuckle with Turmeric Serves 4
Boneless pork knuckle 1 kg Fresh turmeric 2 rhizomes Shallots 3 bulbs Fish sauce 3 tablespoons MSG 1/2 teaspoon Sugar 1 tablespoon
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh pork hock
- For the dish of braised pork hock with turmeric, you can choose either front or back hock. However, the front hock will have more tendons, if you prefer a dish with more meat, then choose the back hock!
- When buying pork hock, choose hocks with a dry surface, the meat should have a light pinkish-red color, press lightly with your hand to feel the meat is firm and elastic.
- Do not choose pork hocks that are pale, have dark bruises on the skin surface, or have slimy meat as these are signs of sick or spoiled pigs, which will affect the health of consumers when processed.
How to choose fresh and clean turmeric
- Fresh and delicious turmeric will have a bright yellow or orange-red color. The skin of turmeric is thin, not thick like ginger.
- When pressing lightly on the turmeric, you can feel that it has a moderate firmness, cut a thin slice with a knife and apply it to a white sheet of paper, you will see the turmeric color on the paper is bright and fresh, not dark.
- Avoid choosing turmeric that is wilted, has wrinkled skin, or has a very thick skin as this indicates old turmeric, which will have more fibers and less aroma.
How to prepare Pork knuckle with turmeric
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Prepare the ingredients
To eliminate the unpleasant smell, you need to soak the pork knuckle in diluted salt water for 5 – 10 minutes. After that, take the pork knuckle out, rinse it clean, and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
Tips to remove the smell of pork knuckle- Method 1: First, you can blanch the pork in boiling water over high heat for about 3 – 5 minutes, then rinse clean and let it drain before starting to cook.
- Method 2: To effectively remove the smell, you can soak the pork knuckle in diluted salt water with a little white wine for about 5 – 10 minutes!
- Method 3: You can also add a few stalks of lemongrass to boiling water to blanch the pork for about 5 minutes, then take it out and rinse it clean before cooking!
See details: Tips to remove the smell of pork
Shallots peeled, roots removed, and minced finely, then put into a bowl. Turmeric peeled, washed, and cut into strands.
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Marinate the pork leg
With 1kg of deboned pork leg, we will marinate it with a mixture of spices including: minced shallots, shredded turmeric, 3 spoons of fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and 1 tablespoon of sugar.
Use chopsticks to mix well and marinate the meat for about 1 hour to allow the meat to absorb the spices evenly.
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Cook the pork leg with turmeric
After the meat has been marinated for 1 hour, we will put a pot of meat on the stove, turn up the heat to sauté the meat until it is firm. After sautéing for about 10 minutes, when the meat is firm, add half a bowl (rice bowl) of water.
Cover the pot and simmer the meat on low heat for 1 hour until the meat is tender and turns a golden turmeric color, then season to taste and turn off the heat to complete.
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Finished Product
Put the turmeric braised pork leg on a plate and enjoy. The pork leg is rich, fragrant, and soft, with an incredibly rich flavor. With such deliciousness, after finishing this bowl of rice, you’ll want to have another bowl!
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The dish turmeric braised pork leg with the fragrant aroma of turmeric, soft fatty pork, and rich flavor is sure to be loved by everyone in your family. We hope that the recipe shared by TasteVN above will help you successfully make this dish!
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