红烧肉 | Red Braised Pork Belly | Hong shao rou

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs pork belly (with skin) or pork butt
  • ping-pong size ginger, sliced
  • 2 star anise
  • 2 tablespoons shaoxing cooking wine
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rock sugar (or granulated sugar)
  • 1/2 cup room temperature (or warm) water

Directions

  1. Cut pork into roughly 1 inch chunks and blanch with 1/2 the ginger to get rid of scum.
  2. Place blanched pork and the other 1/2 of the ginger into a nonstick pan.
  3. Add star anise, cooking wine, soy sauce, rock sugar. Mix to evenly coat.
  4. Add 1/2 cup water.
  5. Cover and braise over low heat for ~1 hour, stirring occasionally.
  6. Enjoy!
  7. Use the leftover oil to cook some vegetables. It will be delicious!