【country Mei Cai Kou Po】----- Simple and Rustic Rural Dishes

Name: 【country Mei Cai Kou Po】----- Simple and Rustic Rural Dishes
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500g Pork belly; Some Dried plum; 1 tablespoon Soy sauce; Some Sugar

by Poetic heart

4.8 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

1h

Serving

2

If I ask: "Have you ever dried dried plums?", maybe many people have seen it and dried it.

If I ask: "Did you play pigweed when you were a child?", I wonder if anyone will answer that there is.

I was born in the countryside and I experienced this life when I was young.

In the past, people in the countryside would cook pork with plum vegetables during the Chinese New Year. This can be regarded as a traditional Chinese New Year dish. Gradually, when people's living standards are getting better and better, this has become a daily ordinary dish.

There are many ways to cook pork with Mei Cai. Among the practices I have seen, the ancient practice in rural areas is the simplest, and deep in my memory, it tastes the most beautiful. Maybe it's because the meat in the countryside is particularly fragrant, maybe it's because the dried plums and vegetables you sun-dried are particularly sweet.

When I went back this time, I brought some dried plums, which was made by my dad with potherb mustard. As soon as I got home, he cooked the plums. The simplest method was still used by my mother. No honey or frying was used. Pig skin does not need too much seasoning. "

Ingredients

500g Pork Belly
Some Dried Plum
1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
Some Sugar

【country Mei Cai Kou Po】----- Simple and Rustic Rural Dishes

1. Prepare pork belly and dried plums.

【country Mei Cai Kou Po】----- Simple and Rustic Rural Dishes recipe

2. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot and add pork belly.

3. Cover the lid and bring to a boil. Turn to medium heat and cook until the chopsticks can easily insert the pork belly. (Turn it over during the period, don't let the skin stick to the pot)

4. Wash the cooked meat with warm water, with the pig skin facing up, and cut into even slices.

5. When cutting, leave a little bit at the bottom not to cut. (For banquets, after steaming in this way, it will be neatly buckled in the bowl, which is more beautiful, because the connecting part is a little bit, so when eating, each piece can be easily clipped, don’t worry. But if you leave too much If the thickness is not cut into sections, it will not be so good when it is clipped. If you eat it by yourself, you can actually cut it directly)

6. Take a large bowl, pour 1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce and appropriate amount of soy soy sauce and mix evenly. Put the skin of the pork belly down, spread each slice evenly with soy sauce, and marinate for half an hour to color and taste. (The purpose of adding some dark soy sauce is to make the meat darker. In addition, I like bibimbap with the soup of Mei Cai Kourou, so I add more light soy sauce)

7. Heat a suitable amount of oil in the pot and turn to medium heat. Wash the dried plums, drain the fruit a little, and stir-fry in the pot. (If you don't wash it with water and put it directly in the pot, it will burn off easily, and the dish will be bitter.)

8. Add appropriate amount of sugar and stir fry evenly. (There is no set amount for this amount. If you like this dish to be sweeter, add a little more.

9. Pour the soy sauce of the marinated meat and bring to a boil. (You can taste the saltiness and sweetness at this time)

10. Take a larger pot, place the pork belly with the skin down, spread the fried plum and vegetables on top of the meat, put it in a steamer, and turn to medium heat and steam for about 40 minutes. (In fact, it can be steamed in a pressure cooker, then turn to low heat and steam for about 15 to 20 minutes after the air is heated.)

11. Steamed Mei Cai Kou Po.

Tips:
Poetry heart phrase:

1: Because I like more soup and use more light soy sauce, I don't need to add soy sauce.

2: The amount of sugar depends on your own taste. You can try the taste when you fry the dried plum in step 9, and then add it as needed.

3: When cooking, if the portion is not too much, you can steam it in a pressure cooker, and steam for about 15 to 20 minutes after airing. I cook a lot this time, and put a lot of dried plums, so the pressure cooker can’t fit.