Pigs Feet The Ugly Duckling |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 3 Minutes |
Ready In: 3 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Yuck! Gross! Disgusting! Are reactions from most folk, self-proclaimed cooks or not. But I kept seeing these packages of them on my supermarket shelves. So when I saw a 3 lb package of split pigs feet for $2.17 with a $2 off coupon on them. Read more ... hey, what could I lose by giving these things a try!!! The first question was, what the heck am I going to use them for? With my wife in the hospital for shoulder surgery, I figured it was safe for the great experiment! And I realized TASTE was the object with goals of having a fantastic stock, some meat for such things as sauerkraut, bulk sausage, black beans and the like. Ingredients:
3 lbs split pigs feet; more or less |
8 ea peppercorns |
4 ea cloves garlic, minced or mashed |
2 ea allspice |
2 quarts water |
10 stems parsley, chopped |
1 cup onion odds and ends or 1/4 cup chopped onion |
1 pint beef stock |
1 squirt hot sauce |
Directions:
1. Cook in a slow cooker on low for at least 12 hours.
2. Strain the liquid.
3. Pick the meat from the bones - you will have at least 1/2 lb meat and yes, it is a labor of love.
4. Freeze the leftover pickin's for use in black bean soup, bulk sausage and other delights.
5. The stock should be refridgerated (it will gel) and the fat taken off the top.
6. Put the defatted stock back in the crockpot the next day with smoked pork neck bones, onions and parsley and leftover beef stock and what have you in the fridge?
7. Cook another 12 hours or more on low.
8. The stock should be stored in the fridge or frozen.... it is incredibly delicious! Can be used for black bean soup or the basis for just about any soup.
9. When you serve these results, be sure to wait until your guests TRY the meal items before announcing what is in them... you may just get a dining room full of converts as I am.
10. Note: some cooks boil the pigs feet for a couple of minutes FIRST before cooking them as above... discarding the boiling liquid from this step, if used.
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