The meat pickling method for meat dumplings is as follows:
Ingredients: pork belly, light soy sauce, minced ginger, dark soy sauce, sugar, cooking wine, pepper powder and a little allspice.
1. Clean the pork belly and set aside.
2. Slice the pork belly and set aside.
3. Add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, minced ginger, sugar, cooking wine, pepper powder and a little five-spice powder and marinate it overnight to make the meat slices more flavorful.
How to choose pork belly:
1. Check whether the fat part is evenly distributed: high-quality pork belly has layers of fat and thin, with the right amount of fat and thin. The fat should be distributed appropriately in the pork belly, preferably layer by layer. Bad pork belly has uneven fat and lean parts, which can easily lead to an overly greasy taste.
2. Is the pork belly elastic? Press it gently with your hands. Good pork belly has good elasticity and will not loosen. When purchasing pork belly, be careful if it is soft and inelastic.
3. Look at the color of the pork belly: Check whether the color of the pork belly is bright red. Good pork belly is bright red. If the color is pale or too dark red, the pork belly is not high quality meat.
4. Touch the pork belly with your fingers: For good pork belly, touch the surface of the pork belly with your hands. The surface will be a little dry or slightly moist and not sticky. If it's sticky, it's not fresh pork belly.
5. Smell the pork belly: Normal pork belly should not have a fishy smell. If there is an unpleasant smell, the pork belly is likely to be rotten.