Authentic Mainland Braised Pork Rice
地道大陆卤肉饭
It's simple to make, the sauce alone can go with three big bowls of rice, and it gets more delicious the longer it simmers!
- servings
- 👥 2 servings
- time
- ⏱ 60 min
- Cuisine
- 🍽 Chinese
by @雕鲤狮狒 · Original recipe on kangacook.com
English text is machine-translated from the original Chinese and has not been reviewed by a person.
Ingredients
- 2pork belly
- 5dried shiitake mushroom
- 1 gscallion
- 2shallot
- 3 gstar anise (Bay leaves, star anise, cinnamon stick)
- 2hard-boiled egg
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Nutrition per serving
- calories
- 650 kcal
- protein
- 22 g
- fat
- 60 g
- carbohydrate
- 8 g
As published by the author; KangaCook estimates these automatically.
Steps
- 1
Place the pork belly in a pot with cold water, add scallions, cooking wine, and ginger, then blanch to remove gamey odor.
- 2
Once the water comes to a boil, skim off the scum with a spoon and cook for another 10 minutes.
- 3
Remove from the pot, pat dry with paper towels, and cut into small pieces.
- 4
Heat a pan over medium heat, add a little cooking oil (skip if the pork belly is fatty), and add the pork belly. Slowly stir-fry over medium heat to render out the fat.
- 5
Once the fat is rendered from the pork belly, add whole spices, minced shallots, and minced ginger, then stir-fry briefly.
- 6
Add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and oyster sauce, then stir-fry until the pork belly is evenly coated. If you have caramel syrup at home, you can use it instead of dark soy sauce, or melt brown sugar in an empty spot in the pan to make a quick caramel. The goal is to season and color the pork belly so it looks delicious.
- 7
Add boiling water until level with the pork belly. Add a pinch of white pepper, salt, rehydrated shiitake mushrooms (very important), and peeled hard-boiled eggs. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer over low heat for 1 hour (remove the star anise, cinnamon stick, and bay leaves halfway through). (Forgot to take a photo, putting a seal here as a placeholder)
- 8
After 1 hour, reduce the sauce over high heat, transfer to a serving bowl, and sprinkle chopped green onions on top.
- 9
This bite is absolute perfection. At this moment, art has been created!
