Pork knuckle 橫財就手 - How to prepare (to celebrate Chinese New Year)

Name: Pork knuckle 橫財就手 - How to prepare (to celebrate Chinese New Year)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 pork knuckle; 5 slices ginger; 2 stalks scallions, cut into 3-inch sections; 1 tbsp rice wine; 1 tbsp dark soy sauce; 2 stalks scallions; 5 cloves garlic; 2 bay leaves; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 star anise; 1 tbsp chu hou sauce; 2 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp red fermented bean curd (lam yu); 2 tbsp rice wine; 1 tbsp rock sugar; 10g black moss; 12 dried oysters; 12 dried shiitake mushrooms; 1 Chinese lettuce; Sufficient oil to fry; 1 tbsp cornstarch (plus 2 tbsp water to form a slurry); 1 tsp salt

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:3h

Braised pork knuckle is an auspicious Chinese New Year dish for Cantonese. The name in Cantonese is 橫財就手, has symbolic mining of ‘a windfall of good fortune.

Updated at: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:24:37 GMT