
Braised Pork Belly
Level
moderate
Cooking
20 min
Preparation
160 min
Ingredients
Servings
4
Tight Fitting Tray deep enough to fit the height of the belly, but should have only 1-2 finger spacing between the pork and the tray wall. | |
Pork Belly | 1 kg |
Ginger sliced | 8 |
Spring Onion each stalk cut into 3 | 7 stalks |
Sauce | |
Shao Xing | 2 cups |
Light Soy Sauce | 1 cup |
Rock Sugar to taste | 125 g |
Star Anise | 3 |
Dark Soy Sauce | 1⁄3 cup |
Water | 2⁄3 cup |
Garnish (Optional) | |
Spring Onion |
How to cook
Prepare the oven
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Prepare the pork belly
- In a pot, add the pork belly and enough water to cover the pork.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat (about 10 minutes).
- Remove the pork belly and let cool.
- Cut each pork belly into 4-5cm cubes.
Prepare the sauce
- Add the Shao Xing, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, rock sugar, star anise and water into a pot.
- Bring the mixture to a boil then reduce to a simmer until all sugar has melted.
Start cooking
- Layer the scallions followed by the ginger slice on the base of the tray (to prevent the pork from sticking).
- Place the pork belly cubes (skin side down) on top of the scallion and ginger layer.
- Pour the hot boiling sauce over the pork belly.
- Quickly cover the tray with aluminium foil and bake for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, flip the belly skin side up and continue baking for another 1 hour until tender.
- Remove the pork belly carefully into a saucepan and strain the sauce over it (just enough so the sauce is just below the pork fat).
- Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer over medium-low heat.
- Cook uncovered for 30 minutes, basting every 10 minutes until sauce is thickened and reduced to a third.
- Garnish with spring onion (optional), serve hot.
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