Hong Shao Rou Recipe (Red Braised Pork Belly)
Recipe by Ethan Wong
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Notes
提示
- Pigskin contains a high amount of collagen which thickens the gravy. Hence no thickening agent is needed.
- It is important to keep covered during the last 30 minutes of cooking to soften the pork belly. Otherwise, longer cooking time is required.
- The fats layer of pork belly that is not overcooked will deliver a chewy and crunchy sensation to your taste bud.
配料
- 800 克 Pork Belly
- 200 克 姜
- 100 克 葱头
- 100 克 大蒜
- 50 克 Spring Onion
- 25 克 Dried Chili
- 1 茶匙 Soy Sauce
- 1 茶匙 Fish Sauce
- 20 克 Honey Rock Sugar
- 2 汤匙 Oyster Sauce
- Thick Soy Sauce (for color)
Instructions
Preparation
- Bring 1.5 liters to boil in a pot.
- Blanch pork belly for 5 minutes with 50g of crush ginger.
- Remove pork belly from the pot and soak pork belly into a cold bath until can handle with your hands.
- Cut pork belly into cube bite-size and set aside.
- Clean and slice ginger, shallot, and garlic. Separately keep them in a container.
- Cut the spring onion into bite-size.
- Wash dried chili under tap water to remove dust.
Cooking
- Preheat a pan with cooking oil.
- Add in blanched pork belly and sliced ginger.
- Over high heat, pan-fry pork belly to crispy edges.
- Turn off heat, make space in the middle of your pan.
- Add in shallot and garlic.
- Fry shallot and garlic to aromatic over medium heat.
- Switch to high heat and pour in soy sauce.
- Give it a few tosses and then add water.
- Add sufficient water until all the pork belly is well covered.
- Add fish sauce, honey rock sugar, oyster sauce, dried chili, and spring onion.
- Bring to a boil and keep covered.
- Cook on high heat for 15 minutes. Occasionally, do remove the cover to toss the bottom of the pan to prevent burn.
- Then switch to medium heat for another 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and serve on a plate.
- If it is still watery, continue cooking over medium heat until thickened.
Nutrition
Calories : 1174大卡Carbohydrates : 31克Protein : 23克Fat : 107克Saturated Fat : 39克Cholesterol : 144毫克Sodium : 723毫克Potassium : 913毫克Fiber : 4克Sugar : 8克Vitamin A : 1800IUVitamin C : 17毫克Calcium : 87毫克Iron : 3毫克