Braised Pork Belly with Radish
1.
Prepare 500 grams of pork belly, white radish, dried red pepper, and shallots.
2.
Wash the pork belly with the skin, scrape off the dirt on the skin, and cut into equal-sized chunks for later use.
3.
Peel the white radish and cut into thin slices on a cutting board.
4.
Cut the ginger into slices, the shallots into sections, and the dried red pepper into sections. All the ingredients are ready.
5.
Put oil in a pot and heat it to 70% hot, sauté ginger slices and dried red pepper.
6.
Then stir in the pork belly and sauté on medium heat until fragrant and fragrant, until the fat overflows and becomes translucent.
7.
Add 1 spoon of dark soy sauce to color. Add 1 spoon of light soy sauce. It is very fresh and fresh.
8.
Pour the right amount of cooking wine on the pork belly.
9.
Put in 1 tablespoon of salt. Add a rock candy during the firing process.
10.
After the pork belly is basically colored, add the sliced white radish and stir fry evenly.
11.
Pour hot water into the pot to cover the pork belly and white radish. Hot water can speed up the crispiness of the meat and the conversion of fat, so that the burned meat is tender and smooth but not greasy.
12.
Cover the pot and simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes. Finally, uncover the lid and change it to high heat to collect the sauce. After the soup is slightly dried, add chicken essence and sprinkle with shallots or coriander. The white radish will taste better when it is cooked to a translucent shape.
Tips:
1. Put the white radish and pork belly together in the pot; cover the pot and simmer on medium heat for 5 minutes, finally uncover the lid and change it to high heat to collect the juice. Hot water can accelerate the crisping of the meat and the transformation of fat. The meat is tender and not greasy. The white radish will taste better when it is cooked to a translucent shape. Pork belly is rich in high-quality protein and essential fatty acids, and provides heme (organic iron) and cysteine to promote iron absorption, which can improve iron deficiency anemia; it has the effects of nourishing the kidneys and blood, nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness.
2. Choose three-layer fat and two-layer lean pork belly to cook. The pork belly is cooked together with the skin. The skin will make the soup thicker and brighter, and the oil of the pork belly will be fully stir-fried; let it produce different flavor changes; Fat meat is easy to melt lean meat when heated, but it will not burn for a long time.
3. To cook pork belly, you need to boil off its own moisture; if the water reaches a high level, it will be so greasy that everyone can't eat it; to cook a perfect pork belly, you don't need to add any ingredients, and it tastes delicious when you eat it empty.