Braised Pork Belly With Hoisin Sauce

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Easy and delicious pork belly dish. Goes well with steaming hot rice or porridge.Reduce the dried chillies if you do not want the dish too spicy.

Here, I cooked only 1/2 portion of the original recipe. I was trying to clear off the Hoisin Sauce in my pantry.

Verdict -fragrant, tasty, delicious and slightly spicy. The meat is cooked till chewy [QQ] texture and has a big which bring out its' flavour.

Recipe Source - Yum Yum Magazine No. 72 [slightly modified]

Ingredients

[serves 3]

300 gm layered pork belly

1 tbsp oil

3 dried chilies - rinsed and cut 1 inch lengths

10 slices of young ginger

2-3 cloves garlic - sliced

some spring onions for garnishing

Seasoning

2 tbsp Hoisin sauce

1/2 tbsp preserved soy bean paste

1/8 tsp 5 spice powder

some sugar to taste

enough water to cover the ingredients

Blanch pork belly in boiling water for 10 minutes or until cooked. Dish, drain and cut into bite size pieces.
Heat oil, saute ginger and garlic until aromatic. Add in the dried chillies and pork belly. Stir fry until fragrant.
Add in the seasoning, stir to mix well, then add water. Bring to boil and reduce heat to simmer until gravy has thickened. Taste to adjust seasoning.
Lastly add in the spring onions. Dish up to serve\ with rice or porridge.