Beef / Pork

Red-Cooked Pork (Hongshao Rou) is for Dinner.

Red-Cooked Pork (Hongshao Rou) takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Red-Cooked Pork (Hongshao Rou) takes 70 minutes to cook.

Red-Cooked Pork (Hongshao Rou) makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Red-Cooked Pork (Hongshao Rou) are:

1 pound pork belly
2 tablespoons peanut oil
2 tablespoons caster sugar
1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
1-inch piece ginger, peeled and sliced
3 pieces star anise
2 dried red chilies
1 piece cinnamon stick or cassia bark
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
Salt and sugar to taste
spring onion, thinly sliced, for garnish

Here is how you make Red-Cooked Pork (Hongshao Rou):

Dunk pork belly into a pot of boiling water and simmer for 8 to 12 minutes. Remove, rinse with clean boiling water and set aside until cool enough to handle. Slice into 1-inch cubes.In a wok, heat sugar and oil over low heat until the sugar melts and turns golden brown. Add pork and Shaoxing wine, cook the pork until the skin starts to caramelize.. Add enough water to cover the pork, along with ginger, star anise, chilis, and cinnamon/cassia. Bring liquid to boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 40 to 50 minutes. Keep extra water nearby in case too much water evaporates. With 5 minutes left of cooking to go, turn up heat if liquid needs to reduce further to sauce-like consistency. Stir in soy sauce. Season to taste with salt and sugar. Transfer to serving dishes and garnish with spring onion. Serving Size:?4

The nutritional information for Red-Cooked Pork (Hongshao Rou) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 623.7

• Total Fat: 60.1 g
• Cholesterol: 81.6 mg
• Sodium: 689.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 6.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.5 g
• Protein: 10.7 g

Red-Cooked Pork (Hongshao Rou) is Asian cuisine.