Dong Bo Rou ( Dongbo Braised Meat)


Ingredients

  1. 1 kg pork belly (square)
  2. 50g ginger
  3. 50g spring onions
  4. 1 cup light soy sauce
  5. ¼ cup dark soy sauce
  6. 1 cup chinese rice wine
  7. 60g rock sugar (adjust to preference)
  8. 1 litre water (or more to cover the pork belly)
  9. 1-2 tbsp cornstarch solution
  10. Fresh coriander for garnish


How to Cook :

Cut 50g ginger into slices
Cut 50g spring onions into half lengths
Cut and divide 1kg of pork belly into 4 squares
Blanch pork belly in boiling water for 3 mins
Remove and set aside





Place spring onions on the base of a claypot
Lay ginger slices on top

Add pork belly skin side down

Add Add 1 cup light soy sauce
¼ cup dark soy sauce
Add 1 cup chinese rice wine
Add water until it slightly covers the pork bellyAdd 60g rock sugar (adjust to preference)
Bring to boil, then cover and simmer for 2 hours on low heat

Halfway through flip pork belly to skin side up.
Once done remove pork belly from claypot
Add one cup of braising liquid from the claypot to a wok
Bring to boil and thicken with 1-2 tbsp of cornstarch solution
Drizzle sauce over pork belly and garnish with fresh coriander

Done, Nice & Tender!


It should look like this when being sliced 

Bon appetit !


Recipe with Credits from : The Meatmen : http://themeatmen.sg/dong-po-rou
Photo with credits from : The woks of life : http://thewoksoflife.com/2015/10/braised-pork-belly-dong-po-rou/

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