Chinese women traditionally stay home for 30 days postpartum. They are “confined” and fed many different foods to promote rapid healing. This recipe is classically used to increase milk supply. It is also rich in collagen and known to beautify the skin. You can buy pigs’ feet at most butcher shops and farmers markets and they should be happy to cut them up for you. This recipe comes from our fertility education package for mother and baby care. Happy Mother’s Day!
Ingredients
- 3 lbs of pigs feet cut into large pieces
- 1.5 cup dried raw red peanuts (you can buy this shelled)
- 5 oz peeled ginger, cut in half and smashed
- 5 stalks of scallions
- 1.5 cups of Chinese black vinegar, Zhe Jiang Vinegar
- ¼ cup of Chinese cooking sherry, Shao Xing Wine
- 3 star anise
- Optional: 10 grams of Huang Qi, Astragulus
- kosher salt to taste (we skip salt when it comes to post-partum)
Instructions
- Wash all of the ingredients
- Place pigs’ feet in a large pot of water and bring to a boil. Drain the pigs’ feet immediately. Rinse and drain again.
- Clean the pot and bring a pot of water to a boil
- Add all ingredients including the pigs feet to a boil
- Cover and simmer for 3 hours.
