Chinese Braised Pork Belly (very hands off)

Name: Chinese Braised Pork Belly (very hands off)
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb pork belly, sliced into 1'' cubes; 4 pieces rock sugar (or 1 1/2 tbsp white granulated or brown sugar); 3 tbsp dark soy sauce (or regular soy sauce) NOTE: The color will be significantly lighter); 2 stalk green onion; 2-3 slices ginger; 2-3 cloves garlic, lightly smashed; 8 cups water, divided; optional: 1 tbsp sichuan peppercorn, whole

Kelly Meng @kellymeng

Chicago, IL

This is one of my favorite foods that I ate growing up. This is the most realistic, hands-off, and simple version with substitutions if needed. Check out a live demonstration here:

Kelly Meng @kellymeng

Chicago, IL

This is one of my favorite foods that I ate growing up. This is the most realistic, hands-off, and simple version with substitutions if needed. Check out a live demonstration here:

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Ingredients

45 min

2 people

1 lbpork belly, sliced into 1'' cubes
4 piecesrock sugar (or 1 1/2 tbsp white granulated or brown sugar)
3 tbspdark soy sauce (or regular soy sauce) NOTE: The color will be significantly lighter)
2 stalkgreen onion
2-3 slicesginger
2-3 clovesgarlic, lightly smashed
8 cupswater, divided
optional: 1 tbsp sichuan peppercorn, whole

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Steps

45 min

1

Add cubed pork belly and 4 cups of water into saucepan. Bring to a boil for 2 minutes before discarding blanching water. Rinse with cold water.
2

Add all ingredients into the saucepan and bring to a boil. Lower the temperature to low and simmer for 45 minutes or until fork tender.
3

Serve with rice and enjoy!