Hong Shao Rou (Red Braised Pork)
Hong Shao Rou (Red Braised Pork)

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have hong shao rou (red braised pork) using 10 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Hong Shao Rou (Red Braised Pork):
  1. Make ready 2 lb pork belly (5 layer is best. 3 fat 2 meat) cut into 3/4-inch thick pieces
  2. Make ready 3 tablespoons white wine/shaoxing wine/sherry
  3. Prepare 2 tablespoon light soy sauce
  4. Take 3 teaspoon dark soy sauce
  5. Make ready 300 ml water/top up as needed
  6. Prepare 1 Spring onions
  7. Take 3 Cloves Garlic minced
  8. Make ready 5 good slices of pealed ginger root
  9. Take 2 star anise
  10. Make ready 1 rock of sugar/handful of brown sugar
Steps to make Hong Shao Rou (Red Braised Pork):
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  2. Blanch - Place the pork belly in a pot and cover it with cold water and bring to a boil.
  3. Once it starts to boil remove the meat.
  4. Drain the the pork.
  5. Clean off any residue.
  6. Cut the belly into 3/4-inch thick pieces.
  7. Add oil and 2 tablespoons of caster sugar to a pan/dish. Melt the sugar until brown.
  8. Add the meat and make sure to cover it with the oil and sugar.
  9. Once the meat has a bit of colour add the white wine/shaoxing wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and the water.
  10. The spices.
  11. Add the spices to the dish and cover with a lid and simmer/braise for 3 hours.
  12. After an hour check to see if you need to add more water, Add 200mls every hour if needed.
  13. An hour before serving add a good hand full of brown sugar or a block of rock sugar.
  14. Finished - Remove the ginger, star anise and spring onions.
  15. Serve with rice and chopped green onions

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