Today's recipe will be one of the most delicious dishes to add to your life. It's Chinese sticky braised pork belly (Hong Shao Rou 红烧肉) and is the most addictive dish ever! This tender, juicy and savory pork belly is served over steam rice and will change your home cooking game forever. This recipe calls for 1 hour of braising the pork belly in addition to additional 15 minutes of precooking and another 15 minutes of reducing the liquid afterwards. The total cooking time is around 1 and 1/2 hour. Garnish with green onion and enjoy!
Ingredients:
- Initial Boil (10-15 mins)
2 lb pork belly
8-9 slices of ginger
- Main part (1 hour covered)
2-3 tbsp neutral oil
3 tbsp brown sugar or rock sugar
3 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp dark sauce
¼ cup Chinese rice wine (shaoxing)
2 dried star anise
4 crushed garlic
3 cups of water or enough to cover the pork belly
- Cook off liquid (15-20 mins)
1 tbsp corn starch water
Green onion to garnish
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