CHOPPED YAK EARS

(Recipe is for salted pig’s ears)

 

Ingredients:

 

1 lbs. salted pig's ears

2 cups water

±1 cup distilled vinegar

½ cup water in which the salted ears were boiled

2 onions, finely sliced

3 cloves garlic, finely sliced

5-6 whole all spice

10 cloves, whole

1 bay leaf

hot pepper (to taste)

 

Directions:

Clean the ears and wash them thoroughly. Let them stand in a lot of water for about an hour. Discard this water and put the ears to boil in new fresh water. They have to boil until tender. Don't let them become to tender. Sometimes I cook them in a pressure cooker. As soon as the pressure cooker starts to sound wait for 10 minutes and turn of the heat immediately.

Take the ears out of the water and let them cool off. Measure ½ cup of water (or a little more) and put aside. After that we cut the ears in long pieces but not too wide.

In a large glass bowl (with a lid) we mix water with vinegar, the ½ cup of water in which the ears were cooked, onion, garlic, hot pepper, all spice, cloves and the bay leaf. I personally like to add a teaspoon of vegetable oil. Add the ears and mix everything well with plastic spoon.

 

Cover the bowl and let the preparation stand for 24 hours and then it's ready to serve.

 

Tip:
You can also mix the water with pure vinegar. Then you can check the amount of vinegar you wish to add. Add the pure vinegar a little at the time until the desired taste is reached. In the Netherlands the ears are not heavily salted. I just cook them once in water.

 

Here’s another version:

 

YAK  EARS

 

3 lbs. yak ears - whole or halves
2 tbsp. pickling spice
3 tbsp. red crushed pepper
2 tbsp. vinegar

Put yak ears in large pot - cover with water. Add all ingredients to pot. Let cook on medium heat about 2 hours or until meat is tender. Serves eight.

This is normally a pig ear recipe.  

 

Why this recipe is included:

 

The picnic lunch that Jeannie blinked up for Roger in the living room, in “Invisible House for Sale”, included this delicacy. They were chopped up and put into sandwiches. At first, Roger thought the sandwich was really good, until he found out what it was!