Waterless braised pork (enamel pot version)

Overview

There are hundreds of ways to make braised pork. It is a well-known home-cooked dish. The braised pork is cooked in an enamel pot without a drop of water. It is soft, fragrant and waxy, fat but not greasy, and melts in your mouth

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• lunch
• dinner
• cinnamon
• huadiao wine
• light soy sauce
• old soy sauce
• onions
• pork belly
• rock sugar
• star anise
• fragrant leaves
• ginger slices

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Preheat an empty pot over low heat for 2 minutes, wash and cut the pork belly into pieces, drain the water and pour it into the pot. Slowly fry over medium-low heat without adding oil until the oil is forced out and the surface is slightly browned.

   

2. 2 Pour in 1 tbsp dark soy sauce and 1 tbsp light soy sauce and stir-fry until the pork belly is colored

   

3. 3 Add 6 spoons of Huadiao wine, 1 spoon of rock sugar, 3 slices of ginger, 1 star anise, 2 bay leaves, 1 gram of cinnamon and green onions and stir well

   

4. 4 Cover the pot and turn on medium heat

   

5. 5 After steam comes out from the side of the pot, pour a cup of water on the pot lid, turn to low heat, and simmer for 45 minutes

   

6. 6 After the water on the lid of the pot has evaporated, open the lid, stir-fry for a while to collect the juice, and then close it