Secret Braised Pork

by Fat man

4.8 (1)
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2

Difficulty

Hard

Time

1h

Serving

2

Braised pork should belong to Shanghai cuisine. Speaking of braised pork, you can't forget the person who pushed the business of eating braised pork to the peak-Su Dongpo. It is precisely because of his efforts that braised pork from the grassroots level to the upper level, from the common people’s cooking pot to the literati and ink guest’s table. In fact, the long-standing and famous Dongpo pork is braised pork in brown sauce. It is really hard to tell when and where it came from when studying the history of braised pork. However, thanks to Mr. Dongpo's tireless efforts, since then, braised pork has officially stepped onto the stage of history.



"Huangzhou is good pork, the price is as cheap as dung,

The rich refuse to eat, and the poor refuse to cook.

Slowly catch the fire, less water,

It's beautiful when it's hot enough.

Come and play a bowl every morning, and you can't help yourself. "

From this poem "Eating Pork" by Su Dongpo, it is not difficult to see that Mr. Su is not only "delicious" like "come to make a bowl every morning", but he is also well versed in braised pork "slow down the fire, less water, and heat up." It’s self-beautiful at full time!” The way of cooking! "

Secret Braised Pork

1. Wash the pork belly in 3 cm square pieces.

2. Cut green onion into sections and slice ginger

3. Heat oil in a pan and add rock sugar.

4. Stir-fry the sugar over low heat.

5. Add pork belly.

6. Stir fry for sugar color.

7. Add soy sauce.

8. Stir fry for a fragrance.

9. Add an appropriate amount of water, add green onion and ginger slices.

10. Add star anise and cinnamon.

11. Then add fermented bean curd juice.

12. Stir and bring to a boil.

13. Turn the lid to low heat and simmer for 1 hour and 20 minutes.

14. Open the lid and turn to high heat to collect the sauce, then add Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce and salt to season and fry well.

Tips:

Pork must be made with skin-on pork belly to make it delicious.

Put the oyster sauce at the end. Putting it early will destroy the umami taste of the oyster sauce.

Don't put too much salt, it will grab the taste.

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