Korea

Jokbal

Name: Jokbal
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Korea
Ingredients: 1.5 kg Pig's trotters; 200 ml Soy sauce; 1 knob/handful each Ginger & garlic; 1 each Spring onion & onion; 100 ml + 3 tbsp Rice wine & sugar; spices Cinnamon, bay, pepper; to serve Lettuce leaves (ssam)

Korean braised pig's trotters

Jokbal is braised pig's trotters, long-simmered in soy sauce, ginger and spices until the meat is tender and the skin glossy and gelatinous.

A favourite Korean anju (drinking dish), sliced and served with a salted-shrimp dip and ssam leaves for wrapping.

Servings4

Time120 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Pig's trotters1.5 kg
Soy sauce200 ml
Ginger & garlic1 knob/handful each
Spring onion & onion1 each
Rice wine & sugar100 ml + 3 tbsp
Cinnamon, bay, pepperspices
Lettuce leaves (ssam)to serve

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Blanch the trotters briefly, discard the water.
Set up with soy sauce, rice wine, aromatics and spices.
Braise covered about 1.5 hours until tender, turning now and then.
Let cool a little, then slice.
Serve with ssam leaves and dip.

Make it original

Soy sauce and rice wine for jokbal are in the Asia Boutique.

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