Slow-Cooked Pork Belly

Name: Slow-Cooked Pork Belly
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) pork belly, rind on; 2 tablespoons oil; 6 spring onions (scallions), sliced; 6 spring onions (scallions), sliced; 8 slices ginger; 100 g (3½ oz) rock sugar; 2½ tablespoons dark soy sauce; 2½ tablespoons light soy sauce; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) Chinese rice wine

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) pork belly, rind on
2

Main course
Starter

Method

Scrape the pork rind to make sure it is free of any bristles. Blanch the pork in a pan of boiling water for 10 minutes, then drain well and dry thoroughly with paper towels.
Heat a wok over high heat, add the oil and heat until very hot. Cook the pork until very well browned with a crisp brown skin (this stage is important or else the pork will be