Chairman Mao's Red-Braised Pork 毛氏红烧肉 - Chinese Recipe

Chairman Mao's Red-Braised Pork 毛氏红烧肉

🌍 Chinese, Hunan Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 1kg skin-on pork belly (4cm cubes)
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 3 tbsp Shaoxing wine
• 2 tbsp rock sugar
• 3 dried red chilies
• 3 slices ginger
• 2 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 stalks green onion
• 300ml water
• (Note) Hunan version uses more chili than Shanghai version

Method

1. Step 1 — Blanch pork in boiling water 5 min; drain and rinse.
2. Browning — Brown pork in dry wok until fat renders, 5 min.
3. Adding — Add rock sugar; caramelize. Add pork; coat.
4. Adding — Add chilies, ginger, spices, green onion; fry 1 min.
5. Adding — Add soy sauces, wine, water; bring to boil.
6. Braising — Braise covered 1 hour. Uncover; reduce 30 min until thick.

Tags: skin-on pork belly, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, shaoxing wine, rock sugar · Source: Brittani's Almanac