Braised Pork with Potatoes

1. First, we prepare the ingredients. Wash 300 grams of pork belly, cut it into evenly sized pieces, and put it into a basin after cutting.

2. Take a potato, peel off the skin, cut it into 4 pieces, then cut it into thick slices, put it in a basin, add an appropriate amount of water to soak it to prevent the potato from oxidizing and turning black.

3. Prepare one green and red pepper, cut into diamond-shaped slices and set aside. The green and red peppers look better together. Half a green onion, cut into water chestnut slices with a diagonal knife, a small piece of ginger, cut into slices, then prepare 2 star anise, a few dried chili peppers, 2 bay leaves, 1 small piece of cinnamon, and a pinch of Sichuan peppercorns.

4. Let’s boil the pork belly, boil water in the pot, put the pork belly into the pot under cold water, the pork will slowly overflow with blood and odor, bring to a boil over high heat, and remove the scum on it , change to low heat and cook for about 5 minutes.

After 5.5 minutes, take out the pork belly, rinse away the scum and impurities with clean water, use cold water to cool it down quickly so that it has a tough texture, then control the water and set aside.

6. Next we start cooking, heat oil in a pot, pour 20 grams of sugar, stir quickly, turn on low heat, slowly melt the sugar, stir quickly with a spoon, until the sugar juice turns yellow. Make a big bubble, and finally the sugar juice turns into caramel color and turns into a dense layer of fine bubbles. Pour in the pork belly pieces and stir-fry quickly to color the pork belly.

7. Pour in the onion, ginger and aniseed ingredients prepared just now, stir-fry until the aroma is released, then add a few garlic grains, stir a few times, add 10 grams of bean paste, and stir-fry quickly Remove the red oil, then add an appropriate amount of water, the amount of water should be equal to the height of the meat.

8. Add 5 grams of cooking wine, 2 grams of salt, 2 grams of pepper, 3 grams of light soy sauce, and 1 gram of dark soy sauce. Adjust the background color. After the water boils, pour it into the pressure cooker and cover it. Simmer for 10 minutes with the lid on, and 40 minutes for an ordinary iron pot.

After 9.10 minutes, turn off the heat and start the pot. Remove the air pressure valve first, deflate the air, then open the pot lid, and pour the stewed pork belly back into the pot. At this time, the pork belly is basically soft. Take out the bay leaves, ginger, pepper and other auxiliary ingredients to have a better dining experience. After the soup boils, add the potato cubes, turn to medium heat and cook for 10 minutes, until the potatoes are soft and tender.

10. Add 1 gram of chicken essence, 1 gram of pepper, a little sugar to make the soup thicker, add green and red peppers to match the color, cook until the green and red peppers are broken, and it is ready to serve. Pot and plate.

Okay, this delicious braised pork with potatoes is ready. Friends who like it should try it quickly!