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Lotus Leaf Steamed Pork with Rice Flour

Pork belly coated in toasted rice flour is wrapped in lotus leaves and steamed until tender, fragrant, and delicious without feeling greasy.

2h 50m
Easy
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Lotus Leaf Steamed Pork with Rice Flour

Ingredients

Pork belly (washed, cut into squares, with a straight cut in the middle of each piece leaving the skin intact) 300 g
Stir-fried rice flour 140 g
Fresh lotus leaves (softened in hot water and reserved) 2
Scallions (washed and cut into thin strips) 1
Ginger (washed and cut into thin strips) 1
Sesame oil 1 tsp
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
Cooking wine 2 tbsp
Sweet bean sauce 2 tbsp
Five-spice powder to taste
White sugar 2 tbsp

Instructions

1

Ingredient preparation

Wash the pork belly and cut it into squares, make a straight cut in the middle of each piece leaving the skin intact; soften the fresh lotus leaves in hot water and reserve; wash the scallions and ginger and cut them into thin strips.

2

Marinating

Add the soy sauce, sweet bean sauce, white sugar, cooking wine, scallion strips, ginger strips, five-spice powder, and sesame oil to the bowl containing the pork pieces, mix well and marinate for 30 minutes.

3

Coating, wrapping and steaming

Add the stir-fried rice flour and mix thoroughly, wrap each pork piece individually in the fresh lotus leaves, place in a steamer and steam over high heat for approximately 2 hours.