Chairman Mao's Red-Braised Pork
Ingredients:
1 pound pork belly
2 tablespoons peanut oil
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
¾-inch piece fresh ginger, sliced
Star anise
2 dried red chilies
Small cinnamon stick
Soy sauce, salt, and sugar
Scallion greens
Directions:
Plunge pork belly into a pan of boiling water and simmer until partially cooked (3-4 minutes). Remove and cut into bite-size chunks. Heat oil and sugar in a wok over medium heat until sugar melts, then raise the heat and stir until sugar turns caramel brown. Add pork and Shaoxing wine. Add ginger, star anise, chilies, cinnamon, and enough water to cover pork. Bring to a boil, then simmer (40-50 minutes). Turn up heat to reduce sauce, and season with soy sauce, salt, and sugar. Garnish with scallion greens.
Servings: Serving size varies.
