Autumn Health-braised Pork with Winter Melon
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Ingredients: pork belly, star anise, ginger, green onion, grass fruit, pepper grains, cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, rock sugar, winter melon, salt, vegetable oil, dried hawthorn slices
2.
Cut pork belly
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Put it in boiling water to remove blood, drain off the water and set aside
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Cut the ginger into slices, peel the winter melon and cut into thick pieces, and cut the green onions into sections
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Put a little base oil in the pot and heat it for 50%, then add white sugar to the oil and stir quickly with a spoon until the saccharification turns red and bubbling
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Add pork belly and stir-fry evenly so that every piece of pork belly is colored
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Add cooking wine, star anise, bay leaves, peppercorns, ginger grass fruit, dried hawthorn slices, stir fry with a little soy sauce
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Add water, rock sugar, and bring to a boil
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Cover the pot, simmer for about 40 minutes, open the lid
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Add winter melon salt.
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Then burn until the winter melon is cooked through
Tips:
Add hawthorn slices to remove the fishy smell and cook quickly
The south is accustomed to using soy sauce to color, while the north prefers fried sugar color
With rock sugar, it tastes good and the meat is tender and fresh
Braised pork is a dish, the most particular about water. The water should be put away at one time, don't boil it dry, in case you really want to add water, remember to add boiling water