Braised Pork with Fermented Bean Curd

Blanch the whole piece of pork belly with skin, then cut into cubes. Alternatively, cut into large pieces and blanch to remove blood and excess fat. Drain and set aside. Add some Sichuan peppercorns, 4 slices of ginger, and a little cooking wine when blanching.

Prepare a wok and a stew pot. Heat some oil in the wok, add star anise, dried tangerine peel, and cinnamon to stir-fry until fragrant. Add the blanched and dried pork belly and pan-fry until golden brown. Remove and set aside. Leave some oil in the wok, add rock sugar and melt it. Adjust the amount of sugar to taste. When the sugar melts and turns golden amber, add the remaining ginger slices, scallion segments, and garlic cloves. Stir-fry briefly until fragrant. Add the pork back and stir-fry to coat evenly with caramel. Continue stir-frying until oil is released.

In a bowl, mix oyster sauce, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, (optional braised sauce), 3 pieces of fermented bean curd, and some fermented bean curd sauce (reduce if you don't like it too strong). Add a bowl of stock (or hot water) and mix well. Pour this into the stew pot with the pork. Add more stock or hot water as needed. Bring to a boil, then simmer for about 40 minutes to 1 hour. The water level should be almost even with the pork. Add more hot water if needed. After 50 minutes, taste and adjust seasoning. Add more sugar if not sweet enough, or salt if needed. Then uncover and reduce the sauce over high heat. After reducing, the dish will be ready in about an hour. The pork should be tender and glossy, with a rich sauce that's not oily. If you like, add boiled and peeled eggs or quail eggs during the stewing process.

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After reducing the sauce~

Tender and delicious, not greasy at all~ The sauce is perfect with rice~ 😄 Haha~ Although it's delicious, it'll definitely make me fat~ 😄

So delicious~

Make sure to buy pork belly with skin~ Layered~

See~ One layer of skin, one layer of fat, one layer of meat, one layer of fat, one layer of meat~ This is authentic pork belly~