Hand of Pork Candied Chinese-Style

Name: Hand of Pork Candied Chinese-Style
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 hand of pork; 10 cm (4 inch) piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and thickly sliced; 3 spring onions, halved lengthways; 6 tablespoons thick soy sauce; 3 tablespoons dry sherry; 25 g (1 oz) brown sugar

Preparation info

6-10
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Paupers Cookbook

By Jocasta Innes

Published 2014

About

At the time of going to press, the butcher was selling hands of pork for £4 each, one of the cheapest things in his window. In this recipe, the highly flavoured pork can be served as part of a Chinese meal with other vegetable and rice dishes - a way of making this small joint satisfy a party.

Ingredients

1 hand of pork
10 cm (4 inch) piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and thickly sliced
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Asia
China
Main course

Method

Put the pork in a heavy-based saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil and boil, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Pour off the water and scum, then return the pork to the pan, skin side down (Yan Kit recommends resting it on a bamboo mat if possible, to prevent the pork sticking to the bottom). Add the ginger, spring onions, soy sauce, sherry, sugar and about 1 litre (2 pints) water. Brin