Red-Braised Pork Belly 红烧肉 - Chinese Recipe

Red-Braised Pork Belly 红烧肉

🌍 Chinese, Shanghai Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 1kg skin-on pork belly (5cm cubes)
• 4 tbsp soy sauce
• 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 3 tbsp Shaoxing wine
• 3 tbsp rock sugar
• 3 cups water
• 3 slices ginger
• 2 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 stalks green onion

Method

1. Step 1 — Blanch pork 5 min; drain and pat dry.
2. Browning — Brown pork in 1 tbsp oil on all sides, 5 min. Remove excess fat.
3. Adding — Add rock sugar to pot; melt and caramelize over medium. Add pork; coat in caramel.
4. Adding — Add soy sauces, wine, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, green onion, water. Bring to boil.
5. Reducing — Reduce heat; braise covered 1.5 hours. Uncover; simmer 30 min until sauce reduces and coats pork.
6. Serving — Serve with steamed rice.

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