Red Braised Pork Belly

Name: Red Braised Pork Belly
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 1kg pork belly, cubed; 5 inch ginger, sliced; 2 stalks onion leeks; blanched pork belly; oil; 1/2 cup yellow rock sugar; 1/4 cup shaoxing cooking wine; 1/4 cup light soy sauce; 1/4 cup dark soy sauce; 4pcs star anise; 1 tbsp preserved mandarin orange peels; 4 pcs bay leaves; 8pcs dried chillies; 4 inch ginger, slice

6 steps

Updated at: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 17:21:06 GMT

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Ingredients

4 servings

Blanched Pork

1kgpork belly

cubed

5 inchginger

sliced

2 stalksonion leeks

Red Braised Pork

pork belly

blanched

oil

½ cupyellow rock sugar

¼ cupshaoxing cooking wine

¼ cuplight soy sauce

¼ cupdark soy sauce

4 pcsstar anise

1 Tbsppreserved mandarin orange peels

4 pcsbay leaves

8 pcsdried chillies

4 inchginger

slice

Instructions

Step 1

Boil your pork cubes in water, ginger and leeks for about 20-30 mins. Drain, wash with cold water and pat dry.

Step 2

Saute your blanched pork belly in oil until slightly browned, remove from pan and using the same oil - caramelize your yellow sugar.

Step 3

Add pork back in and add in shaoxing, dark and light soy sauce.

Step 4

Add in your aromatics (star anise, ginger, more rock sugar, bay leaves, preserved mandarin orange peels and chillies). Add in a whole stalk of onion leeks.

Step 5

Cover with about 8 cups of water and let simmer and reduce for 90mins on low heat until pork is soft and sauce is nice and thick.

Step 6

Serve over hot rice and enjoy