Braised Pork Belly with Scallion Recipe

Number of serving: 2

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Total Cooking time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:
600g Pork belly or spareribs, remove hair, rinse and cut into slices
5 cloves Shallot
½ cup Shaoxing wine (Chinese cooking wine, could be replaced with white wine)
4 slices Ginger
2 pieces Scallion (sectioned)

Seasoning Ingredients:
19g Rock sugar
¼ cup Light soy sauce

Method:
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok. Put in pork belly and sear until golden brown on all sides. Add shallot, ginger slices and stir fry for 3 minutes or until fragrant. Sizzle with wine. Add Seasoning Ingredients and bring to the boil. Reduce to low heat and simmer for 30 minutes or until the sauce reduces to 1/3 of its original volume. Sprinkle scallion on top and serve.
 

Cooking tips:

In this recipe, the meat is seared in oil rather than scalded in water. It adds a light caramel taste to the meat.

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