Pork Belly with Preserved Sweet Mei Cai

Name: How to cook Pork Belly with Preserved Sweet Mei Cai - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Clemence Hoe - Asian Home Cuisine

Pork Belly with Preserved Sweet Mei Cai

Simple and delicious home cook dish. Sweet Mein Cai is a preserved vegetable comes from mustard plant and can be found in Chinese grocery stores. It adds umami flavour to this recipe.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

Cooking time :

45 mins

300 g

Pork belly cut into cubes

300 g

preserved sweet mein cai

cinnamon stick

star anise

8 cloves

garlic

6 cloves

minced shallots

1 tbsp

light soy sauce

1 tbsp

dark soy sauce

2 tbsp

oyster sauce

2 tbsp

Chinese rice wine

2 tsp

sugar

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Blanch pork belly with hot water for 5 mins. Cut into desired size. Marinate with 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce and 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine for 1 hour.

* Step 2

Soak the sweet mein cai in water for 2 hours. Wash clean the vegetables.

* Step 3

Stir fry all the aromatics until fragrant and add in the sweet mein cai. Stir fry till the mein cai a bit dry and add in pork belly.

* Step 4

Continue to toss the ingredients in the wok and add in water just enough to cover the ingredients. Add in all the seasoning and 2 more tbsp of Chinese rice wine. Adjust taste with sugar and salt.

* Step 5

When the water starts to boil, cover the lid and set to low medium heat and simmer for 40 minutes. Then add in cornstarch solution, garnish with spring onions and serve.

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