Stewed Pork in Brown Sauce

Name: Stewed Pork in Brown Sauce (Hung men jou)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ⅔ cup sugar; ½ cup wine; ¼ pound pork rind (skin); 2 cups water; 8 green onions; 2 pounds pork (butt or bacon with skin on); 1 cup soy sauce; 2 star anise; 2 pounds pork (butt or bacon with skin on); 2 pounds pork (butt or bacon with skin on); ¼ pound pork rind (skin)

Hung men jou

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

2 pounds pork (butt or bacon with skin on)
8 green onions
2

Asia
Taiwan
Hupeh
Kweichow
Sichuan
Stew
Main course
Hunan
Western China

Method

Cut the pork into 1-½ inch squares.
Using a deep pot, lay whole green onions on bottom, add pork squares and rind piece. Add star anise, soy sauce, wine, sugar, water and cover. Bring to boil over high heat. Reduce heat and stew for 1 hour. Do not remove the cover, but shake the pot about every 20 minutes, until the sauce is reduced to ½ cup and becomes thick.<