Mei Cai Kou Rou Recipe - Chinese Preserved Mustard Steamed Pork Belly
Recipe by Ethan Wong
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配料
- 400 克 Pork Belly (with skin)
- 200 克 Salted Chinese Preserved Mustard
- 3 汤匙 糖
- 1 汤匙 Soy Sauce
- 1 汤匙 Shap Xing Wine
- 1 茶匙 Thick Soy Sauce
- Spring Onion (for garnish)
Instructions
Preparation
- For the pork belly, blanch whole slab of pork belly for 10 分钟. Transfer to cold bath before sear.
- To sear pork belly, preheat cooking oil in a pan. Turn off heat and add blanched pork belly in. Sear pork belly at medium heat and use the pan cover to protect yourself from popping hot oil. Sear all sides until you have crispy edges. Remove from heat,
- To cut pork belly, cut pork belly into approximately 3 inches (H) x 4 inches (W) x 1/2 inches (T).
- For the Chinese preserved mustard, rinse off the salt in a bowl of water twice. Then soak in water for 2 hours or more. After soaking, remove from water and cut into uniform sizes.
- Mix sugar, soy sauce, shao xing wine, and thick soy sauce. Dissolve the sugar and then mix evenly with pork belly.
- Prepare a bowl with a depth of 4 inches or more.
- Begin placing pork belly, skin side down, piece by piece into the bowl.
- Once you have them neatly place in the bowl, cover the pork belly with Chinese Preserved Mustard.
- Then in a heap, pour in all the marinade.
- Use your hand and press downwards to squeeze in any gap/fillings.
Cooking
- To steam, make sure the water is at full boil.
- Steam pork belly for 90 minutes.
- Turn off heat and remove pork belly from steamer.
Plating
- Pour the gravy into another container while using a spoon to prevent any Chinese Preserved Mustard from falling out.
- To remove the pork belly from the hot bowl, place a piece of cloth underneath the hot bowl, then place your serving plate (use a deep curve plate) to cover the bowl.
- Flip over so now the plate is below while the hot bowl is on top.
- Gently remove the hot bowl upwards leaving the steamed pork belly and preserved mustard on the plate.
- Pour a generous amount of gravy over the pork belly.
- Garnish with julienne spring onion and serve!
Nutrition
Calories : 757大卡Carbohydrates : 14克Protein : 14克Fat : 71克Saturated Fat : 26克Cholesterol : 96毫克Sodium : 378毫克Potassium : 344毫克Sugar : 13克Vitamin C : 1毫克Calcium : 7毫克Iron : 1毫克