Melt In Your Mouth Pork Belly That Makes U Go Mmm! Dong Po Rou 东坡肉 Chinese Braised Pork Belly Recipe

This Chinese Braised Pork Belly is known as Dong Po Rou 东坡肉, which is said to be created by Su Dongpo when he was banished to Hangzhou. Traditionally this dish is made by pan-frying the pork belly first then the pork is braised over low heat. However, you know we love to simplify methods without compromising the taste so we took away the pan-frying part and went straight to braising immediately after the pork is blanched. No worries - this doesn't affect the taste of the dish. We hope you will find this simplified method useful in your daily cooking. Please try it and we hope you will go mmm like we did. :)
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Melt In Your Mouth Pork Belly (Dong Po Rou 东坡肉) Chinese Braised Pork Belly
Ingredients:
Serves 4 - 6 pax
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Blanch the following:
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700g pork belly
1 thumb size young ginger (sliced thinly)
2 tablespoons Chinese cooking wine (Shaoxing Huatiao wine)
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Braise the following:
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1 stalk of leek (or spring onion / scallion)
30g young ginger (sliced thinly)
50g rock sugar (or brown sugar / white sugar)
2 bay leaves
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise
250ml Chinese white rice wine (白米酒)
4 tablespoons Chinese cooking wine (Shaoxing Huatiao wine)
125ml light soy sauce
4 tablespoons premium dark soy sauce
Enough water to cover the pork
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I tried this today. Smell really nice which bring back memories of eating this dish for the first time at Clementi back in 2014 when i was in Singapore. I follow ur instruction and i like salty flavor but it is way too salty. I am sure it is because of the light and dark SoySauce brand i used. I am using ABC brand. I will buy good one and try again. ❤️❤️ As always thanks for sharing this recipe. Stay Safe n Stay Strong.

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I'm planning on using an instant pot for this recipe. Should I put it for 1 hour on high pressure or low pressure? Thanks!

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I dont get why the need for some people further steaming it for 2 hours after it has been braising for 2 hours oredy, if find too extra

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Good recipe. Just wondering can we use 五香粉 plus star anise instead of the bay leave etc? Thanks.

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Thank you for the recipe :). However it would have been great to see how you 'Completed" this dish to serve? For example how did you finish the sauce/gravy?

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Hihi. Please Watch until the end where we show you how to reduce the sauce before serving it. Happy cooking!!

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If I want to sear the pork belly first for some added texture, should I still boil it before I sear it or is it accomplishing the same thing?

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I would boil it after searing it, but I don't think you would get much texture out of a short fry in the pan

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I tried this recipe already when I was in Taiwan, way back 2006. Akong (Grandpa) teached me how to cook this kind of recipe and it's so delicious. I tried àlso the leg part of the pork and can't resist not to eat.. The softness of the pork makes more yummy.

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I've made this several times and it is absolutely mouth-wateringly delicious. When I recently went to Thailand, I ordered this very dish. It was on the same par to what I make at home, so I am well chuffed.

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Yummy will try this for my employer

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Got a piece in my freezer. Gonna try this one. Thanks.

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Looks delicious. What kind of vegetable do u recommend go with this dish? I gotta have veggies with my meals. 😋

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Napa cabbage or Bok choy

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Beer

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Oh my, this looks so beautiful. I think I shall make it this coming week. I can almost taste it.

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I will definitely try this weekend.thanks

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Looks delicious! I don’t have white chinese wine, any suggestion for replacement?

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Mirin is a good substitute

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Cherry works best.

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I saw the cute puppy while the pork was cooking! So cute

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The chinese really know how to make dishes with pork belly! When I visited China - pre-plague - I always came back with some extra weight. ;)

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Hong Shou Rou. This is the best thing you ever put in your mouth. Supposedly Chairman Maos favorite dish and it is easy to see why. I learned to make this in China using bags of brown beer that they sold just for this. Soooo good!

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Definitely a cheat day meal