Pork Stewed with Vermicelli
A Northeastern Chinese home-style dish of pork belly, napa cabbage, and glass noodles braised in a pressure cooker.
Ingredients
Pork belly (washed and cut into small pieces)
200 g
Napa cabbage (washed and cut into strips)
200 g
Vermicelli (soaked in warm water until soft)
100 g
Sichuan peppercorns
10
Star anise
2
Cinnamon bark
1 slice
Stock
to taste
Cooking oil
50 g
Soy sauce (for marinating cabbage)
1 tbsp
Salt
1 tsp
MSG
1 tsp
Instructions
1
Prep
Wash and cut pork belly into small pieces; wash and cut napa cabbage into strips; soak vermicelli in warm water until soft.
2
Stew the pork
Place the pork belly in a pressure cooker and stew for about 30 minutes.
3
Stir-fry the cabbage
Marinate the cabbage with soy sauce and salt. Heat a wok, add a little oil, and stir-fry the marinated cabbage until fragrant.
4
Combine and stew
Add the stock, vermicelli, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and cinnamon bark to the pressure cooker with the pork belly and stew together until fragrant. Stir in the MSG to finish.