In my memory, parents would prepare their own New Year goods, and now most of them buy it. I miss the New Year when I was a child. Only then did I have a strong New Year flavor. I saved some of the skins from the pork, and made pig skin jelly for my daughter.
How to make homemade pig skin jelly?
Step 1
Try to remove excess fat from pigskin.

Try to remove excess fat from pigskin
Step 2
Slice ginger and green onion.

Slice ginger and green onion
Step 3
Put the pork skin into the pot, add green onion, ginger and cooking wine, add water to boil, and cook for ten minutes. If it is thick pig skin, increase the cooking time appropriately.

Put the pork skin into the pot
Step 4
Take it out and soak in a hot water basin.

Take it out and soak in a hot water basin
Step 5
Pull out separately, and pluck out pig hair.

Pull out separately, and pluck out pig hair
Step 6
Use a knife to scrape off the white fat on the pigskin. This step is the most critical, otherwise it will be very fishy. You can repeat the scraping several times, and change the hot water again. I have scraped five times.

Use a knife to scrape off the white fat on the pigskin
Step 7
This is the last time of scraping while soaking. The pigskin doesn’t feel sticky to the touch and the water is clear.

This is the last time of scraping while soaking
Step 8
Take out for later use.

Take out for later use
Step 9
Cut into small strips.

Cut into small strips
Step 10
Put the cut pork skin strips into the pot, add three times the amount of water, and boil it on low heat for an hour.

boil it on low heat for an hour
Step 11
Until the soup is a bit sticky, it will be more sticky after dipping it with your fingers, or scoop out a small dish on the window to see if it solidifies.

Until the soup is a bit sticky, it will be more sticky after dipping it with your fingers
Step 12
Pour into a container and let it cool naturally. I have to use a pot.

Pour into a container and let it cool naturally
Step 13
The next day, take it out to eat and save it in the refrigerator.

take it out to eat and save it in the refrigerator
Step 14
The window was opened wide, the edges were frozen, and it couldn’t be eaten.

The window was opened wide, the edges were frozen, and it couldn’t be eaten
Step 15
Chop.

Chop
Step 16
Eat it with laba garlic vinegar. It is like the taste of jelly. Hope you like homemade pig skin jelly.

Eat it with laba garlic vinegar
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