Name: Mist of Harmony
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Shantou
Ingredients: pickled ginger, sliced cucumber, sliced carrot and rice, to serve; 1 litre/1¾ pints/4 cups water; 15 ml/1 tbsp five-spice powder; 30 ml/2 tbsp oil; 15 ml/1 tbsp sugar; 900 g/2 lb belly pork, in one piece; 60 ml/4 tbsp dark soy sauce; 2 thumb-size knobs of fresh root ginger, bruised

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

China

By Terry Tan

Published 2020

About

This charming name describes a classic Shantou-style dish consisting of braised pork in soy sauce. Rice is the usual accompaniment, although the northern Chinese have a version that is served with steamed breads. The dark soy sauce specified here is a very thick variety, usually available in Chinese stores. It has a sweet edge to it that serves the dish well.