Pork Tripe, Pork Stomach, Guide and Recipes (2024)

In China, pig tripe is cooked into different dishes. It can be made into soups, stir-fried dishes, or cold dishes. In Singapore and Thailand, pig tripe soup is also quite popular. For people who favor eating the internal organs of farm animals, pig tripe is an attractive ingredient. In France, pig tripe is used to make a kind of sausage named andouille. The minced pig tripe together with other internal organs of pigs are seasoned with spices, which will then be filled into the sausage casing.

In this post, we will introduce three ways of making pork trips, a stir-frying recipe, a soup recipe, and a salad recipe. Also, basic guidelines about how to choose and how to clean pork tripe are included.

What is pig tripe

Pig tripe is also known as pig stomach or pig bag, which refers to the edible lining of the pig stomach. If you are tired of eating meat, pig tripe may be a good substitute for meat. Pig tripe is easy for cooking and also has high nutritive values.

Rich in mineralssuch as calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, iron, vitamin A, and vitamin E, pig tripe is helpful for your immune system. Also, pig tripe has low fat and high content of proteins, for the same weight as pork tripe and pork meat, the calories of pork tripe only account for about ¼ of that of pork meat. So for those who want to keep weight off, a pig trip can be a preferable choice in the daily diet.

Besides, traditional Chinese medicine has a theory of “affinal drug and diet”, and it is found that eating pig tripe is good for your spleen and stomach. There is a famous medicinal diet(药膳) named Pig Tripe Soup with White peppers(胡椒猪肚汤), which people with stomach diseases eat.

If you are interested in such a versatile ingredient and are eager to learn how to cook it into delicious dishes, the first thing you need to master is how to choose a fresh pig tripe.

How to choose pig tripe

The outer surface of a fresh pig tripe is white with a little yellowish color. Also, the surface is glossy. And if you touch a fresh pig tripe, you may feel that it is sticky and elastic. If you feel that the tripe has blood clots or induration, it also shows that it is not so fresh. Finally, you can judge from the smell. A fresh pig tripe has a normal smell of meat, but if you smell a sour or stinky flavor, that also tells you’d better not buy it.

See Also

The BEST Freezer to Crockpot Recipes out there.Sesame Noodle Salad Recipe - Lauren's LatestClean Eating Weeknight Balsamic Pork Chops Recipe2020 Reader Favorite Recipes

How to cook with pig tripe

There are many ways to cook pig tripe, here I will introduce you to some common cooking methods of pig tripe.

Pig Tripe Soup with White Peppers (胡椒猪肚汤)

This soup is a famous Cantonese cuisine. The ingredients for this soup are pretty easy to get, which are fresh pig tripe, white peppers, and sliced ginger. For this soup, you can also add chicken meat to it. Other ingredients like Chinese yam, candied dates, or matrimony vines can also be added. This soup is white, thick, and fresh with a little spicy flavor of white peppers. This soup can warm your stomach, and if you are suffering from stomach disease, it is really good for you.

Stir-fried Pig Tripe(爆炒猪肚)

Stir-frying is a pretty common cooking method in Chinese cuisine. The pig tripe can be stir-fried with many ingredients, such as various peppers, celery, young garlic shoots, onion, and so on. Before stir-frying, the tripe should be simmered for about 30 minutes to ensure that it is completely cooked and softened. Stir-fried pig tripe usually has a spicy and hot flavor, which really goes well with a bowl of steamed rice.

Ingredients

• 200g pig tripe

• 4 capsicum frutescens (half green and half red capsicum frutescens, sideways sliced)

• 1 short piece of ginger, minced

• 2 garlic, minced

• 80g celery, cut into short pieces

Seasonings

• ⅓cup salad oil

• 5 Dried chilies, cut into short pieces

• 1tsp. Sichuan peppercorns

• ¼ salt

• 1tbsp. soy bean paste

• 1tsp. light soy sauce

• 1tsp. vinegar

• ¼ tsp. white sugar

Ingredients for blanching pig tripe

• 1 short piece of ginger, sliced

• 1tbsp. Chinese cooking wine

Ingredients for cleaning pig tripe

• ½cup wheat flour

• 50ml water

• 2tbsp. salt

Cooking method:

• Wash the pig tripe with the cleaning ingredients
• put the clean pig tripe into the pressurecooker, add the ingredients for blanching, add water until the pig tripe is immersed in the water and cook for10minutes. Take it out for cooling, and shred it.
• Heat the oil in the pot. Addthe soybean paste, ginger,garlic, dried chilies,Sichuan peppercorns,and capsicum frutescens and stir fryuntil the scent comes out. Add sugar and continue stirring fry, add the pig tripe and stir fry, then add salt, light soy sauce,vinegar, and celery for a quick stir fry and this dish is done

Shredded Pig Tripe with Soy Sauce(凉拌肚丝)

This dish is a cold dish, and it is quite suitable to be eaten in hot summer. It is savory and appetizing, and most of all, it is really easy to be made. Firstly, you should clean the pig tripe and simmer it with ginger, spring onion, Sichuan peppercorns and star anise for about 20 minutes. During the process of steaming, you can prepare the sauce, which is the essence of this dish. Every housewife has her own recipe for cold dish sauces, but the main seasonings are usually composed of salt, sugar, light soy sauce, dark say sauce, chili oil, minced ginger and garlic. Then you need to shred the cooked pig tripe and mix it with the sauce evenly. Thus, a delicious appetizer is made.

Ingredients

• 500g pig tripe

• 3 Scallion, cut into short pieces

• 2 coriander, minced

• 50g onion, shredded

• 2 short pieces of ginger, sliced

• 2 garlic, minced

Seasonings

• ⅛tsp. salt

• 3tbsp. light soy sauce

• 1tsp. vinegar

• 1tbsp. chili oil

• 1tsp. sesame oil

• ½tsp. white sugar

Ingredients for blanching pig tripe

• 1 short piece of ginger, sliced

• 1tbsp. Chinese cooking wine

Ingredients for cleaning pig tripe

• ½cup wheat flour

• 50ml water

• 2tbsp. salt

Cooking method

• Wash the pig tripe with the cleaning ingredients
• put the clean pig tripe into the pressurecooker, add the ingredients for blanching, add water until the pig tripe is immersed in the water, and cook for10 minutes. Take it out for cooling, and shred it.

• Put the pig tripe, onion, and seasonings into a bowl and mix evenly
• Lastly, sprinkle scallion and coriander.