How to Make Delicious Red Braised Pork!
Health Benefits
Pork Belly: Ginger: Relieves Nausea, Expels Phlegm and Coughs, Disperses Cold and Stops Fever, Rock Sugar: Invigorates the Stomach, Strengthens the Spleen
1. Prepare Ingredients. One piece of pork belly, one piece of ginger, and a small bowl of rock sugar.
2. Wash and slice the pork belly into pieces (about 2 cm, square), and slice the ginger.
3. Blanch the Meat. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, cold water down, pour in the pork belly and a little of the rice wine. Bring to a boil over high heat, remove the foam, and take it out for later use.
4. Caramelize Sugar: Heat a pot slightly, pour in a little edible oil, add rock sugar.
5. Fry the sugar until all the rock sugar melts, and when small yellow bubbles start to rise from the bottom of the pot.
6. Pour the pork belly into the pot and turn the heat to medium. Stir-fry quickly to coat every piece of pork belly with caramel color.
7. Add ginger slices and continue to stir-fry.
8. Add a little soy sauce, stir-fry evenly, then pour in hot water. Next, start seasoning with appropriate salt and star anise. Bring to a boil over high heat and then reduce the heat to simmer for about 40 minutes.
9. Reduce the Sauce
10. Plate and Serve
Tips
1. To make delicious red braised pork, you must choose high-quality, fresh pork belly.
2. When blanching the meat, you must use cold water. This prevents the meat from becoming firm due to sudden heat.
3. When caramelizing sugar, you must use a small fire. High heat will easily burn the caramel color, which will make the meat bitter.
4. You can use rock sugar or white sugar when caramelizing sugar. Meat made with rock sugar looks more beautiful.
5. Because it's easy to burn the pot, you must constantly stir when reducing the sauce until shiny oil comes out.
