Monday, January 27, 2014

Chinese Braised Pork Belly (Hong Siu Yuk)



Ingredients
Pork belly - 2 lbs
Green onions - 2 stalks 
Black pepper
Rock Candy - 2 chunks
Chili peppers - optional
Garlic - 3 to 4 cloves
Ginger - 3 to 4 think slices
Bay leaf (dry or fresh) - 3 to 4 fresh, 3 teaspoons dry
Soy sauce
Dark soy sauce
Shao Shing wine - 1 capful
White vinegar - 3 teaspoons
Five spice powder/star anise 
1.5 can of coke

Steps to cook
1. Cut pork belly in 1/4 in. cubes, peel ginger and cut in slices.
2. In frying pan, heat up oil in high heat, put in ginger, then pork belly.
3. Add dark soy sauce for coloring.
4. Sear pork belly on both sides for a few minutes.  Turn off heat.

In separate bowl
1. Add the remaining ingredients (highlighted above in red) into bowl.  Pour marinate into the pan where the pork and ginger were seared.  Make sure the liquid covers all the meat.
2. Turn down heat to low after boil, cook for 1 hour.
3. Add rock candy.  Cook for another 30 mins.

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