Pork Belly Stewed with Sauerkraut and Frozen Tofu
1.
Use a knife to scrape the pork belly with the skin, scrape off the unscraped pig hair, and wash it.
2.
Boil the water and go to remove the blood foam.
3.
The blanched pork belly is washed with warm water and put into the pot as a whole.
4.
Add 2 large bowls of water. After the pork belly, add sliced ginger, green onion, star anise, and pepper. Turn to low heat and cook for more than half an hour.
5.
Prepare to cut sauerkraut. A sauerkraut.
6.
Use a razor blade for the sauerkraut.
7.
Tear it apart so that it's thinner.
8.
Shred.
9.
The pork belly is cooked until it can be easily penetrated with chopsticks.
10.
Take out the pork belly and let it cool. I just put the lid on and put it outside (more than 20 degrees below zero in the northeast).
11.
Cut the sauerkraut directly into the soup of boiled pork belly. Stewed sauerkraut.
12.
I don’t think the soup is enough, so I added another bowl of this stock (previously boiled the broth with the heart-protecting meat).
13.
Simmer for another ten minutes, add frozen tofu, and continue to simmer.
14.
Cut the pork belly into thin slices after it is cooled thoroughly. Only when the pork is chilled can it be cut tightly.
15.
Put the sliced pork belly back into the sauerkraut pot.
16.
At the same time, add salt to taste and continue to simmer for about 20 minutes.
17.
Finished product. The pork belly is fat but not greasy, and it tastes better with garlic sauce. The meat dishes are delicious and the soup tastes better.
Tips:
There is no need to add extra oil throughout this dish, and the fat comes entirely from pork. Another magical thing about Northeast sauerkraut is that it tastes and tastes completely different with more oil and less oil. Each has its own beauty.