Taro Braised Pork Belly
A Chinese Braised Pork Belly with Taro (香芋红烧肉) recipe, featuring pork belly (五花肉), taro (香芋), ginger (姜), garlic (蒜), and star anise (八角).
Ingredients
pork belly
to taste
taro
to taste
ginger
to taste
garlic
to taste
star anise
to taste
cinnamon bark
to taste
rock sugar
to taste
salt
to taste
cooking wine
to taste
light soy sauce
to taste
dark soy sauce
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Wash the pork belly and cut into small pieces.
2
Step 2
Place in cold water, blanch for 3 minutes, then remove.
3
Step 3
Heat a little oil in a pan, add ginger, garlic, star anise, and cinnamon bark, and stir-fry until fragrant.
4
Step 4
Add the pork belly and stir-fry until some oil is rendered; if there is too much oil, you can pour some out.
5
Step 5
Add rock sugar, light soy sauce, cooking wine, and dark soy sauce, and stir-fry to coat the meat with color.
6
Step 6
Add hot water until it just covers the meat, and simmer on low heat for 20 minutes.
7
Step 7
Peel the taro, wash, and cut into chunks.
8
Step 8
Add the taro, season with salt, continue to braise for 10 minutes, then reduce the sauce over high heat.
9
Step 9
Finished dish.
