Pork stewed vermicelli

Overview

Pork stewed vermicelli is one of the representatives of Northeastern cuisine. It is a distinctive Northeastern style dish that is deeply loved by people from the north and the south. Pork stewed with vermicelli is the first of the four major stews in Northeast China. The jingle goes: Pork stewed with vermicelli will make you want to die. The Northeast region has a vast territory and a large population. Due to the different tastes of each restaurant, the dish of pork stewed vermicelli has derived countless different ingredients. While retaining the advantages of the pork stewed vermicelli dish, it has also derived some dishes with richer taste levels. For example, cabbage and pork vermicelli stewed, pork vermicelli stewed with tofu, radish and cabbage stewed with pork vermicelli, etc.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• northeastern cuisine
• angelica dahurica
• cao guo
• chenpi
• cinnamon
• clear water
• cooking wine
• dried hawthorn
• garlic
• nutmeg
• onions
• pork
• star anise
• vermicelli
• zanthoxylum bungeanum
• cumin
• fragrant leaves
• ginger
• soy sauce

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Soak the vermicelli in water until soft in advance. The purpose of this is to save time when stewing and cook faster.

   

2. 2 Prepare ingredients such as onion, ginger, garlic, cinnamon, star anise, angelica, grass fruit, nutmeg, bay leaves, tangerine peel, dried hawthorn, pepper, fennel and other ingredients. The ingredients are relatively flexible and can be adjusted flexibly according to personal taste, but at least there must be onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves.

   

3. 3 Boil the pork belly in water for a few minutes, then add a spoonful of cooking wine to remove the fishy smell.

   

4. 4 Take it out and cut it into meat pieces of suitable size, about three centimeters.

   

5. 5 Heat oil in a pan.

   

6. 6 Add in the meat and stir-fry.

   

7. 7 Stir-fry until oil comes out and the meat turns golden brown, take it out and set aside. (This step is to stir out the fat from the meat so that it doesn’t taste greasy)

   

8. 8 Leave the oil in the pot, add onions, ginger and garlic until fragrant.

   

9. 9 Add the meat pieces, add soy sauce and stir-fry.

   

10. 10 Pour an appropriate amount of water into the pot. It is usually appropriate to mince the meat. I like to add a little more because the vermicelli absorbs water very well.

    

11. 11 Then add all the ingredients.

    

12. 12 Simmer over medium heat for 40 minutes and then add the vermicelli.

    

13. 13 When the vermicelli is almost cooked, add an appropriate amount of salt.

    

14. 14 Continue simmering for a few minutes until the vermicelli is fully cooked.

    

15. 15 Remove from pan and plate.

    

16. 16 This is ready to eat.