Ingredients for braised pork: 500 grams of pork belly, 30 grams of green onions, 20 grams of ginger, 20 grams of garlic, 5 cloves of aniseed, 5 grams of pepper, 5 grams of cinnamon, 4 grams of salt, 15 grams of sugar, 20 grams of soy sauce grams, 20 grams of cooking wine, appropriate amount of water, and a little cooking oil. Preparation: 1. Wash the pork belly and cut into 4 cm square pieces for later use. 2. Cut the green onions into large sections, slice the ginger, and peel the garlic and set aside. 3. Wrap the aniseed, peppercorns, and cinnamon with gauze, seal it, and set aside. 4. Heat a little oil in a pot. When the oil is cold, add sugar and fry slowly with a spatula. 5. When the sugar in the pot turns dark red, add soy sauce and cut pork belly. 6. Stir-fry the pork belly until the pork belly is evenly coated in sugar color and slightly oily. 7. Pour in warm water of about 60 degrees until the meat is just covered. 8. Add cooking wine and spice packets and bring to a boil over high heat. 9. Cover, reduce heat and simmer slowly until pork belly 9 is cooked. 10. Add salt and a little sugar to taste and continue to simmer until the pork belly is soft and flavourful. 11. Pick up the spice packets and use high heat until the soup becomes bright red and thick, then serve.

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