Pork Belly with Garlic Sauce (蒜泥白肉)
 
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Chinese
Serves: 5 ppl
Ingredients
  • 1 pc of pork belly (approx. 2 lb)
  • 1 inch of sliced ginger
  • ¼ cup of Chinese pepper (optional)
  • 3 star anise (optional)
  • Sauce 1
  • ¼ cup of minced garlic
  • 3 Tbsp of soy sauce paste
  • 2 Tbsp of water
  • Sauce 2
  • 3 Tbsp of soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp of chili oil
  • 2 Tbsp of minced garlic
Instructions
  1. Prepare a pot of cold water, put the pork belly in it
  2. Bring the temperature to 120F at very low heat, remove the pork belly and discard the water
  3. If you do not want to do step 1 and step 2. Blanch your pork in boiling water for 1 min then shock it in iced water.
  4. Boil a pot of water, add ginger, Chinese pepper, star anise first to fuse the flavor to water
  5. Cook the pork belly at low heat for one hour.
  6. Poke the pork belly skin side with chopstick and check if you can puncture it
  7. Remove the pork belly from the pot and let it cool down in room temperature for 30 min
  8. Carefully slice it at ⅛” thickness
  9. Mix the sauces
  10. Drizzle on top of pork belly slices
  11. Ready to serve
Recipe by It's My Dish at https://itsmydish.com/pork-belly-with-garlic-sauce/