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Red-Braised Pork

This recipe is from my mother, she used to cook it a lot for us and we really really love it. The dish is full of flavour and tastes sweet & salty, its so good you keep coming back for more . So I would like to share this recipe with you. It takes quite a bit of time to cook but it is very easy.
Servings 4 servings
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 500 g Aged Pork Belly or normal Pork Belly Cut into 1.5cm slices
  • 2 tbsp Sweet Bean Paste
  • 2 Green Onions cut in half
  • 2 Large Slices of Ginger
  • 1 Star Anise
  • 1 piece Cassia Bark / or Cinnamon Stick
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Rice Wine
  • 4 tbsp Light Soy Sauce
  • 3 ½ cups Water (approx 850ml)
  • 1 Red Chilli with seeds removed (optional)
  • 4 Boiled Eggs (optional)

Instructions

  • Wash the pork belly then slice, try and get them about 1.5cm thick (too thin and they will lose shape when you cook). Put the slice into a food bag and add 2 Tbsp of Sweet Bean Paste, massage the paste in to the meat and leave to marinate for 2 hours.
    Pork slice
  • Seasoning
  • Add the meat to a pan along with the Cassia Bark, Star Anise, Green Onions, Ginger, Sugar and Chilli if you are using it. Also add in the Rice Wine and Soy Sauce. Next add the water, make sure it covers the meat completely.
    Add the pork the green onion, gingers, chilli, Star Aniseed, Cassia Bark
  • Add sugar,rice wine, soy sauce and the water
  • Turn on a hight heat and bring it to the boil. Next turn it into a low heat and remove the scum on the surface (if you want your boil egg to cook longer, add them now), put the lid on and simmer for around 30 minutes.
    Bring it to boil
  • Add the boiled eggs, replace the lid and allow it to simmer for another 30 to 90 minutes. (Depending how soft you want the meat)
    Add eegs
  • Enjoy your meal.
    Eenjoy
Course: Main
Cuisine: Taiwanese
Keyword: pork, pork belly, red braised