Pork belly is a good thing, especially the soup made with it, it is a must. However, pork belly is particularly troublesome to handle, cleaning is not good, and the soup made may have a heavy fishy smell and peculiar smell, which affects the taste. Today I will teach you a trick, to ensure that the pork belly soup made is nutritious and delicious, thick and mellow, no peculiar smell and fishy smell, if you want to know this method friends to take a look.
【Pork belly soup】
Ingredients to prepare: pork belly, high liquor, corn flour, tea, ginger, cooking wine, lard, peppercorns, lotus seeds, yam, goji berries
The specific steps are as follows:
1. Put the purchased pork belly into the basin, first pour warm water at about 30 degrees, and repeatedly scrub the surface of the pork belly with your hands to remove the mucus on the surface.
2. After draining the dirty water in the basin to scrub the pork belly, first add an appropriate amount of high-grade liquor, and then evenly sprinkle two handfuls of corn flour on the surface of the pork belly, and then fully knead the pork belly with your hands, using the high adsorption power of corn flour to bring out the impurities and mucus in the pork belly. Take another empty basin, fill it with a lot of water, put the kneaded pork belly in, wash off the corn flour stuck to the surface of the pork belly, if there is still corn flour that cannot be washed off, you can use a knife to scrape it.
3. After scraping clean, change a basin of clean water, turn the pork belly over, use scissors to cut off the white fascia on it, simply scrub a few times, then add two handfuls of corn flour, use the same method to clean the inside of the pork belly, after scrubbing for about three minutes, use clean the corn flour remaining inside and outside the pork belly with clean water.
4. Fish the pork belly out of the water, put it in an empty basin, sprinkle a handful of tea leaves, rub the pork belly again with your hands, and use the tea polyphenols contained in the tea leaves to remove the fishy taste of the pork belly. Knead for about two minutes, you can put it in clean water to wash it, wash it several times, and wash it until the water is clear.
5. Start the pot, add an appropriate amount of cold water, put the clean pork belly in first, then add the ginger slices cut in advance, and then a bottle of cooking wine, you can start the fire. After boiling over high heat, cook for about two minutes before you can clip it out with chopsticks.
6. Put the clamped pork belly directly into a basin with clean water to cool down, and when the temperature of the pork belly drops, scrape off the white film on the pork belly with a knife.
7. After processing, put it on the cutting board, cut the pork belly with scissors, cut off the white oil on it with a knife, and then cut the pork belly into small pieces and put it in a bowl for later use.
8. Prepare a casserole, add a small amount of lard after the pot is hot, after the lard melts, then add the peppercorns and ginger slices cut in advance, stir-fry the aroma, add the pork belly, stir-fry a few times, after the aroma, add enough boiling water. Finally, pour the fragrant lotus soaked in advance and turn the ingredients in the pot with chopsticks to heat it evenly. When the water comes to a boil, cover and simmer for 50 minutes.
9. Wash and peel the yam, cut the hob pieces, and soak in clean water to prevent it from oxidizing and blackening. When the time for pork belly simmering is up, add the yam to the pot, stir a few times with a spoon, cover the lid again, simmer for 15 minutes, then open the lid, sprinkle a small handful of goji berries, and then add an appropriate amount of edible salt and mix well, this milky white and fragrant pork belly soup is ready.
【Love Tips】
1. The fishy smell of pork belly mainly comes from the layer of mucus on its surface, so be sure to clean it all when scrubbing it, so as to effectively remove the fishy smell.
2. After blanching the pork belly, be sure to scrape the white film clean, otherwise there will be a peculiar smell.
The days are passed, the good soup is boiled, may your days be good days, and the times are good, whether you make tea or soup, you can find that sparkling self in the fireworks.
