Braised Pork with Mushrooms

Overview

For braised pork, there are actually many ways to make it. I used both fried sugar and soy sauce. The fried sugar not only adds color, but also brightens it, and the soy sauce can freshen and remove the fishy smell. It can also add color, so I kept them. In addition, I also added a few slices of dried hawthorn soaked in water, which can help the meat rot and relieve greasiness. Isn’t there a saying that mutton, radish, beef tea, pork with hawthorn when simmering? This combination definitely makes sense. At the same time, I also threw in a few pre-boiled eggs. The eggs stewed in the same pot with the meat are also very fragrant and the children love to eat them. Whether it is beef stew with meat sauce, we always put a few hard-boiled eggs in it. After taking the photo, I was already drooling all over the place. I ate it quickly. The meat was crispy, fat but not greasy, thin but not fat. The texture and taste were superb, not to mention the mushrooms. They were fragrant, delicious and went well with rice.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• chinese banquet
• cao guo
• cinnamon
• clear water
• cooking wine
• dried hawthorn
• dried shiitake mushrooms
• edible oil
• onions
• pork belly
• rock sugar
• star anise
• fragrant leaves
• ginger
• salt
• soy sauce

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Soak the mushrooms in water, wash and set aside.

   

2. 2 Prepare ingredients such as onions, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, grass fruits, and hawthorn (dried).

   

3. 3 Put the pork belly into the pot and cook for 5 minutes, add a spoonful of cooking wine to remove the fishy smell.

   

4. 4 Remove the pork belly and cut into medium-sized pieces.

   

5. 5 Heat oil in a pan.

   

6. 6 Add the meat pieces to the pot and stir-fry to remove the fat. The purpose of this step is to release the oil from the pork belly so that it doesn’t taste so greasy.

   

7. 7 Take out the meat pieces and stir-fry the oil, which can be used for cooking without wasting.

   

8. 8 Heat the oil in the pot, add a handful of rock sugar into the pot.

   

9. 9 Wait for the rock sugar to melt and turn into caramel color, and small bubbles will appear. Immediately add the meat pieces and stir-fry quickly so that every piece of meat is coated in sugar color.

   

10. 10 Pour in a tablespoon or two of soy sauce.

    

11. 11 Then stir fry evenly.

    

12. 12 Pour an appropriate amount of water into the pot to cover the meat pieces.

    

13. 13 Add all ingredients.

    

14. 14 Then add shiitake mushrooms and a few hard-boiled eggs (children love to eat such eggs, so I always throw a few eggs in when making braised beef with soy sauce. If you don’t have this need, you can ignore the eggs in this step)

    

15. 15 Cover and simmer over medium heat for 40 to 50 minutes.

    

16. 16 Cook over high heat for three to five minutes to reduce the juice. Add two teaspoons of salt during this process.

    

17. 17 When the soup is almost reduced, you can turn off the heat and stir it with a spatula during this process.

    

18. 18 Remove from the pan and put on a plate, pick out the star anise, cinnamon, grass, fruit, onion, ginger and other ingredients and throw them away.

    

19. 19 Fat but not greasy, thin but not fat, so delicious.

    

20. 20 Come again and enjoy it.