Ingredients that can be paired with pork belly stew: lotus seeds, chestnuts, red dates, and wolfberries. The specific method is as follows:
Ingredients: 1 pork belly, a large bowl of lotus seeds, half a bowl of chestnuts, 1 small bowl of red dates, a handful of wolfberry, 1 ginger, 4 tablespoons of white vinegar, 20 grams of salt, 30 grams of flour, 2 tablespoons of cooking wine, 1 teaspoon of pepper, 10 grams of sesame oil, and appropriate amount of water.
Steps:
1. Prepare the ingredients. The lotus seeds need to be soaked in advance, and the chestnuts need to be shelled and fleshed out.
2. Pork belly processing method: Turn the inside out of the pork belly and rinse it with water first. Pour 4 tablespoons of white vinegar in total, wash the inside and outside twice to remove the smell, and pour 2 tablespoons of it each time. , then rinse with clean water.
3. Boil the pork belly and a few pieces of ginger in a pot with cold water, add 2 tablespoons of cooking wine and boil together, and cook for another 5 minutes. At this time, the pork belly has become a little harder. Take it out and put it under the faucet to rinse away the scum and other foam.
4. Cut the pork belly into small pieces with a knife and slice the ginger.
5. Pour 2/3 pot of cold water into the casserole and add the pork belly slices.
6. Add ginger, drop a few drops of white vinegar, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for about an hour.
7. When the soup is milky white, about 30 minutes before serving, add lotus seeds, red dates, and chestnuts. Bring to a boil again over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for another half hour.
8. Add a handful of wolfberry as a garnish two minutes before serving.
9. Add pepper, 3 teaspoons of salt to enhance the flavor, and finally add 10 grams of sesame oil to enhance the flavor. A pot of rich and fresh soup is ready.