Dongpo Pork
Overview
"Ode to Pork" from Dongpo's complete works: Clean the pan, use less water, and the firewood stick will not smoke. Don't rush him until he matures. When the heat is sufficient, he will be beautiful. Huangzhou's good pork is as cheap as dirt. The rich don't want to eat, the poor don't know how to cook. They get up in the morning and take two bowls, so full that the king doesn't care.
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Steps
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Use the back of a knife to scrape the pork belly and pork skin several times, cut it into 5 cm squares, tie it with cotton thread, and fry it briefly in overheated oil. The main thing is to stir out the excess fat from the pig skin and lard.
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In a casserole, heat the oiled pork belly with the skin side down. After the oil comes out, sauté the garlic cloves until fragrant.
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Then turn the pork belly over (pork skin side up), then add rock sugar, soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, water and sugar in sequence to make a marinade. The amount of marinade should at least just cover the meat.
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After the marinade boils, add the aniseed ingredients and turn to low heat. Cook for 1 hour, turn the meat over, turn it into pork skin side down and cook for another 1 hour.
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After turning off the heat, let it sit overnight or at least 8 hours. Just reheat before eating.
