Braised Pork with Sea Cucumber Recipe |
Ingredients: Serves 4 |
700g pork belly with skin 3 sea cucumber shredded scallions Seasonings A: 2 stalks scallion 2 slices ginger 1 star anise 2 tablespoons wine 5-6 cups water Seasonings B: ½ cup soy sauce ¼ cup Shao-xing wine 1 teaspoon dark colored soy sauce 1½ tablespoons rock sugar 2-3 cups pork stock Seasonings C: 1 tablespoon wine 1 stalk scallion 2 slices ginger 4 cups cold water |
Method: Blanch whole piece of pork for 1 minute, remove and rinse. Put in a pot, add seasonings A, cook for an hour. Remove the pork to a bowl (with the skin side down). Add seasonings B, seal with aluminum foil or cover with a lid, steam for 2-3 hours until pork is very tender. Rinse sea cucumber, clean sands from inside of sea cucumber. Put in a pot, cook with seasonings C for 10 minutes. Remove. Pour the pork broth from steamed pork, turn the pork over to a serving plate. Cover with a bowl to keep warm. Put sea cucumber to the pork broth, cook over medium-high heat until broth reduced to ⅔ cup and become thick and bright. Remove sea cucumber onto a serving plate with pork, pour broth over pork and sea cucumber. Place shredded scallions by the side and serve hot. |
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