How much time and how to cook pig ears?

Cooked pork ears are a first-class dish that can serve as an independent snack, as well as an ingredient of brawn, as well as being a component of soups and salads.

The energy value of the product in boiled form is 210.9 kilocalories per 100 g. Boiled pork ears contain 21 grams of proteins, 14.1 grams of fat and do not contain carbohydrates.

As we can see, boiled pork ears are not only tasty, but also useful, as the product is an excellent source of protein that favorably affects the body. In addition, the finished dish contains such useful elements as:

• calcium;
• magnesium;
• collagen;
• zinc.

The use of this product can improve the overall condition of hair, skin, nails. The product can have a beneficial effect on the joints. Especially useful this dish will be for people who have problems with connective tissues. With extreme caution should be taken to the use of this dish to people who have problems with the cardiovascular system.

To make the dish tasty and healthy, you need to cook it correctly.

If you have such simple kitchen equipment as a pan and a gas or electric stove, then the following recipe for this dish will suit you. If pork ears are frozen, then they should be defrosted first. After that, rinse the product well. Then pork ears should be placed in a saucepan, pour cold water and leave for a couple of hours. After that, rinse the pig's ears again. After doing all of the above procedures, put the product in cold water again, so that they float freely in it. Then add salt, a little sugar, as well as black pepper and bay leaf. In general, you can add any seasoning to the dish, it all depends on your taste preferences.

Next, put the container on the stove, bring to a boil and cook the product on medium heat until cooked. Cooking pork ears on time will take about four hours.

In order to boil the pork ears in a pressure cooker, you will also need to defrost them beforehand. Then they should be soaked and then washed. Once you have done all the above steps, you can put the product in the pressure cooker bowl. Then salt the dish, add all the necessary spices. After that, close the lid. The next step will be directly cooking for 45 minutes.

Boiled product can be further baked in the microwave. To do this, place the boiled pork ears on a plate, add seasonings and soy sauce. Then, for five minutes, put the ears in the microwave, adjusting it to high power (about 800 watts). After that, cut the ears into strips.

Pork ears are great as an ingredient for salad. Cut the already boiled product into thin slices. Then very thinly chop the cucumbers. After that, also thinly chop the pepper. Stir all the ingredients, adding soy sauce, vinegar and chopped garlic. Sprinkle the dish with sesame seeds before serving.

• Pork ears are quite well absorbed in salt, in this regard, it is important not to pour into the pan too much during cooking.
• If you bought unpeeled pig ears, they should be carefully singed. Then scrape the burnt layer and rinse the product well under running water.
• During cooking, you can add a few sour apples to the dish, which will make the ready dish slightly sour.
• In order to make the dish slightly unusual, add a tablespoon of soy sauce to the broth. Thanks to this, the dish will get a shade of red.
• The product will become noticeably softer if you let it brew for about an hour after preparation.

To learn how to cook pork ears, see the video below.