【Henan】Twice-cooked Pork with Dried Plums and Vegetables

Overview

My husband loves to eat twice-cooked pork. According to our Henan cooking method, usually twice-cooked pork is served with fresh peppers and garlic sprouts. Today I modified it slightly and paired it with dried bamboo shoots and prunes. I like these two ingredients. Although I don’t particularly like meat, the prunes and bamboo shoots in it taste better to me than meat. This dish is a combination of northern and southern ingredients

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• cooking meat
• doubanjiang
• dried bamboo shoots and dried plum vegetables
• pork belly
• rice wine
• sugar
• green pepper
• red pepper
• salt
• soy sauce

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 First blanch the pork belly in cold water to remove the foam

   

2. 2 Prepare the ingredients for cooking the meat: 2 star anise, 30 peppercorns, 1 piece of cinnamon, 2 dried chili peppers, and a piece of ginger

   

3. 3 Add boiling water to the pot, add the fried meat and cooking ingredients together

   

4. 4 Cook for about 25 minutes until the meat is cooked, remove and let cool and set aside

   

5. 5 Soak the dried bamboo shoots and prunes in advance

   

6. 6 Put a little oil in the pot and stir-fry the fragrant bean paste

   

7. 7 Add the umeboshi, add soy sauce and stir-fry, add a little broth and cook for 2 minutes to allow the umeboshi to be properly flavored

   

8. 8 When the soup is almost dry, slice the cooked pork belly and add

   

9. 9 Add a little salt and sugar and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes

   

10. 10 Finally add green and red pepper

    

11. 11 Stir fry properly and serve