Name: Fragrant Braised Pork Belly Sandwiches
Ingredients: Fresh cilantro and/or mint sprigs; English muffins or homemade mo (recipe follows); 1 cinnamon stick; 5 green cardamom pods, cracked; 5 dried red chiles; 2 pieces star anise; 2 pounds (910 g) pork belly, cut into four pieces; ½ teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns; ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 teaspoon coriander seeds; 3 coins fresh ginger; 3 scallions; ¼ cup (60 ml) Shaoxing wine; ¼ cup (60 ml) Chinese light soy sauce (not “lite”); 2 green long hot peppers; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 1 wide strip orange zest

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Slow Cook Modern

By Liana Krissoff

Published 2017

About

This is my shortcut version of rou jia mo, or “Chinese hamburgers.” English muffins make a very fine substitute for the chewy, holey flatbreads, but I’d encourage you to try the homemade version sometime—it’s easy and fun!

Ingredients

2 pieces star anise
5 dried red chiles
5 green cardamom pods, cracked

Method

Morning

Put the star anise, dried chiles, cardamom, cinnamon, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and Sichuan peppercorns in a muslin spice bag or enclose in a double layer of cheesecloth. Put the bag in the slow cooker, along with the pork belly, soy sauce, wine, the white parts of the scallions, the ginger, orange zest, brown sugar, and