猪脚姜醋的做法

据中国民间流传猪脚薑醋尤其对女性可以护颜补身。在农村是妇女产后必食之补品。 现代的营养专家也认为醋猪脚含有丰富的胶原蛋白﹐对润肤和抗老化有帮助。

猪脚姜醋制法

材料：甜醋十斤，黑糯米醋一斤，猪手一只（分十件左右），生姜五斤，鸡蛋十只（此份量可供十人食用，可视乎情况按比例增减）

制法：

1) 生姜去皮切片，水洗后用干布抹干，放入八斤甜醋中煲滚后，慢火滚两小时（子姜则一小时）。注意煲时醋一定要浸过姜面，必要时，可酌量加入甜醋。

2) 用滚水将猪手泡熟，再用冷水将肥油冲去，捞起备用。

3) 将鸡蛋煮熟后去壳，加入已煲好的姜醋内滚三十分钟，捞起备用。

4) 将猪手放入姜醋内，加入一斤甜糯米醋及其余的甜醋煲三十分钟，然后加入早先煮熟去壳的鸡蛋，即成美味可口的猪脚姜醋。

注意：

煮姜醋应以瓦、瓷、玻璃或不锈钢器皿盛载，姜醋不能久藏。如需保存一短期，可放置冰箱内，或每星期煲滚一次。

[Recipe Translation]
Materials: (quantity good for 10 servings)
Sweet vinegar: approx. 5 quarts; Black sticky rice vinegar: 1 pint; pig's feet: 1 leg (knee down) cut into 10 or more small pieces; gingers: 6 pounds; 10 eggs.

Steps:
1) Peel the gingers and slice them into pieces, wash and dry them with cloth, place them in a cookware with 4 quarts of sweet vinegar, (make sure that vinegar is enough to cover all gingers, add more vinegar if necessary), slow cook for 2 hours (or 1 hour if ginger shoots are used).
2) Separately boil water with pig's feet in for 2 - 5 minutes. Cool off pig's feet with running cold water. Drip dry for later use.
3) Separately boil eggs and remove the egg shell. Place them in the cooking vinegar for 30 minutes. Place them aside for later use.
4) After 2 hours for step (1), add pig's feet (prepared in step (2), black rice vinegar and the rest of sweet vinegar to cook them for another 30 minutes. Finally add the cooked eggs (step 3). Done.

Note:
Use ceramics, porcelain, or glass cookware to cook vinegar. (Avoid metal cookware). The soup should not last for more than 5 days. If need to, refrigerate, and re-cook the soup at least once a week.