Braised pork is a well-known delicacy. Basically loved by foodies all over the world. In front of delicious food, regardless of north and south, regardless of culture and age, braised pork can be said to be enjoyed by everyone. In fact, the predecessor of braised pork is Dongpo pork, and it is this great writer who will carry forward braised pork, mainly pork belly. When choosing pork belly, it is best to choose pork with fat and thin.

Braised pork

condiments

500 grams of pork belly, five spoonfuls of cooking wine, two spoonfuls of oil consumption, two spoonfuls of soy sauce, half a onion, four slices of ginger, two dried peppers, three star anise, ten slices of fragrant leaves, one handful of fennel, two cinnamon, one pepper, two spoonfuls of rock sugar, one spoon of refined salt and one spoon of chicken essence.

Cooking steps

1. First, put the pork belly in the refrigerator and freeze it for half an hour. It is best to choose red and white pork belly. Cut the frozen pork belly first, and then cut it into rectangular slices with a thickness of 1cm.

2. Put the chopped pork belly into the pot with cold water, pour 2 spoonfuls of cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, cover the pot and cook over high fire.

3. After the fire boils, cook the pork belly for another 5 minutes, and then take it out.

4. After taking out, soak the pork belly in cold water, and then control the water to dry for later use.

5. Pour 2 tablespoons of oil consumption, 2 tablespoons of cooking wine and 2 tablespoons of soy sauce into the bowl, mix well and marinate for 15 minutes to make the pork belly tasty.

6. Prepare ingredients in the process of curing pork belly, such as onion, pepper, fennel, cinnamon, fragrant leaves, star anise, ginger slices and dried red pepper.

7. Grab a handful of rock sugar and put it directly into the pot. Add boiling water to avoid rock sugar, then stir the rock sugar continuously with high fire, and simmer slowly until the rock sugar is fried to purple.

8. Pour the marinated pork belly and color it, stir it evenly, so that the pork belly and syrup are mixed evenly, and pour the remaining juice in the bowl into the pot.

9. Pour the prepared ingredients into the pot, or wrap the aniseed with gauze and put it into the pot. Add water to the pork belly, cover the pot and cook over high heat.

10. When the braised pork is cooked, take out the onion, ginger, star anise and fragrant leaves. If the braised pork is light in color, you can add some soy sauce and continue to cook with high fire.

1 1. Finally, add a little salt and chicken essence. If you like sweet food, you can also add no salt and then turn on the fire to collect the juice.