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Dongpo Pork – Dong Po Rou

Dongpo pork is a well-known dish in Hangzhou, China. It is similar to Red Braised Pork Belly.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 2 hours
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 500 g of Pork Belly
  • 20 green onions
  • 30 grams of ginger
  • 1 bowl of Shaoxing wine see figure 10 for an approximate size of the bowl
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • A small amount of monosodium glutamate and salt to taste

Instructions

  • Pour plenty of water into a pot, put pork in skin down, and bring water to a boil.
  • After one side is showing that it’s cooked, turn it over to the other side and continue cooking.
  • As it cooks, you will start to see the cooked blood coming out of it, you can scrape this off.
  • When both sides of the pork are cooked, remove them and use a knife to scrape the excess blood off both sides of the pork.
  • After letting the meat cool slightly, cut it into a 5-cm square with a knife.
  • Green onions are cleaned, cut into two length-wise and cut in half. Ginger peeled and cut into thick slices.
  • Slightly oiling the casserole or using dried leaves in the casserole is mainly to prevent the skin from sticking.
  • Spread a layer of green onions evenly on top and put ginger pieces on top.
  • Put the pork in skin down, keeping them close to each other.
  • Pour the bowl of wine in to reach about half the height of the meat.
  • Spread soy sauce evenly on the surface of pork belly.
  • Sprinkle sugar evenly on the surface of the meat.
  • Cover the lid of the casserole, bring to a boil, then simmer for an hour.
  • Slowly stew for an hour and lift the lid. Turn the skin over and the meat down. Continue simmering for half an hour.
  • One and a half hours of total cooking time later, use a spoon to remove the oil from the soup.
  • Transfer the meat to the container, sprinkle a little MSG and salt, and steam the soup together for half an hour. Crispy but not greasy dongpo pork is ready!