Recipe Hong Shao Rou (Red Braised Pork)

Ingredients :

• 2 lb pork belly (5 layer is best. 3 fat 2 meat) cut into 3/4-inch thick pieces
• 3 tablespoons white wine/shaoxing wine/sherry
• 2 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 3 teaspoon dark soy sauce
• 300 ml water/top up as needed
• 1 Spring onions
• 3 Cloves Garlic minced
• 5 good slices of pealed ginger root
• 2 star anise
• 1 rock of sugar/handful of brown sugar

Method :

1. Image of Ingredients
2. Blanch - Place the pork belly in a pot and cover it with cold water and bring to a boil.
3. Once it starts to boil remove the meat.
4. Drain the the pork.
5. Clean off any residue.
6. Cut the belly into 3/4-inch thick pieces.
7. Add oil and 2 tablespoons of caster sugar to a pan/dish. Melt the sugar until brown.
8. Add the meat and make sure to cover it with the oil and sugar.
9. Once the meat has a bit of colour add the white wine/shaoxing wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and the water.
10. The spices.
11. Add the spices to the dish and cover with a lid and simmer/braise for 3 hours.
12. After an hour check to see if you need to add more water, Add 200mls every hour if needed.
13. An hour before serving add a good hand full of brown sugar or a block of rock sugar.
14. Finished - Remove the ginger, star anise and spring onions.
15. Serve with rice and chopped green onions

Recipe Hong Shao Rou (Red Braised Pork) 2015-11-22T20:25:00-08:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: CakeMaster