Dongpo Pork

Overview

My eldest son ordered something early in the morning and insisted on eating Dongpo Pork. I told him that it was similar to braised pork. Even so, after thinking about it, I had never made Dongpo Pork, so why not give it a try!

Tags

• hot dishes
• abalone juice
• angelica dahurica
• cooking wine
• lilac
• onions
• pork belly
• star anise
• stock
• sugar color
• white sugar
• zanthoxylum bungeanum
• fragrant leaves
• ginger

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare pork belly, cut into cubes, clean and set aside.

   

2. 2 Put the pork in cold water, add ginger, green onion and cooking wine. After boiling, cook for 5 minutes and take it out.

   

3. 3 Check the surface of the skin, remove any remaining hair, and then wash it with warm water.

   

4. 4 Place green onions and ginger in a casserole.

   

5. 5 Place the meat skin side down in the pot.

   

6. 6 Add dry mixed stock, sugar color, and cooking wine, bring to a boil over high heat, then adjust to medium heat and simmer.

   

7. 7 Simmer for one hour, then add salt and abalone juice, simmer over low heat for another 10 minutes, and turn off the heat.

   

8. 8 Place the meat on a plate and line the plate with green cabbage leaves.

   

9. 9 Use a knife to cut the meat into quarters without cutting.

   

10. 10 Garnish with coriander leaves.

    

11. 11 Pour the soup from the pot into the wok, add a little starch to make a thick sauce, pour it over the meat, and you're done!