45 min
Hands-on time
+ 30 min soaking or marinating first
MediumDifficulty
5 stepsSteps
Method
- 1 Soak the pig's brain in ginger-salt water for 30 minutes, then gently peel off all the blood membrane on the outside.
- 2 Removing the membrane is a mandatory step; the remaining membrane is a fishy-smelling soup with cloudy streaks of blood.
- 3 Steam the pig's brain for 12 minutes with ginger, then cut it into bite-sized pieces.
- 4 Soak the seaweed for 10 minutes, then cut it into pieces and cook it in chicken broth for 5 minutes.
- 5 Thicken the soup with cornstarch, pour in the egg in a circle, then add the pig's brain at the last minute and sprinkle with pepper.
With an appliance
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Pressure cooker 42 min
Replace step 3: steam the pig's brain with ginger at low pressure for 5 minutes, then quickly release the pressure, gently remove and cut into pieces; step 5 still involves adding the brain to the soup with the lid open for only the last minute.