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Boiled Pork Belly With Garlic Sauce Recipe

Name: Boiled Pork Belly With Garlic Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 5 cups of water; 1 tablespoon rice wine; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 star anise; 2 cardamom pods; 1 ounce/30 grams spring onion; 2 knobs ginger (each about 1-inch); 2 pounds 3 ounces pork belly; 1 cucumber (thinly sliced); Optional: 1 tablespoon roasted crushed peanuts; For the Garlic Sauce:; 3 tablespoon light soy sauce; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/2 teaspoon rice vinegar; 1 teaspoon black vinegar; 1 drizzle white sesame oil (or blended sesame oil); 1 ounce/30 grams garlic (peeled and finely chopped)

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It's great making delicious and popular summer Sichuan pork belly recipe. It's very popular in both China and Taiwan.

Ingredients

5 cups of water

1 tablespoon rice wine

1 teaspoon salt

1 star anise

2 cardamom pods

1 ounce/30 grams spring onion

2 knobs ginger (each about 1-inch)

2 pounds 3 ounces pork belly

1 cucumber (thinly sliced)

Optional: 1 tablespoon roasted crushed peanuts

For the Garlic Sauce:

3 tablespoon light soy sauce

1 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon rice vinegar

1 teaspoon black vinegar

1 drizzle white sesame oil (or blended sesame oil)

1 ounce/30 grams garlic (peeled and finely chopped)

Method

Gather the ingredients.

Place the water, rice wine, salt, star anise, cardamom pods, spring onion, and ginger into a stockpot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.

Add the pork belly and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for about 1 hour until the pork is cooked—test by piercing the pork with a chopstick. The chopsticks should go through the meat easily. Set aside to cool. Reserve stock.

Place all the ingredients for the garlic sauce in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of stock from the stockpot and mix well. Set aside for at least 30 minutes.

Using a sharp knife, slice the cooled pork into 3mm (1/8-inch) thick slices.

Arrange the pork on a serving plate with the cucumbers. Garnish with crushed peanuts if desired. Serve with the garlic sauce.

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