Name: Red Cooked Pork Belly
Yield: Yield: 8 Portions
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 oz/113 g Dried tofu knots; 3 lb/1.36 kg fresh pork belly, skin on, large dice; 2 oz/57 g brown sugar; 1 oz/28 g sliced ginger; 3 star anise; 2 green onions, cut into 1-in/3-cm pieces; 2 tbsp/30 mL Shaoxing wine or sherry; ½ cup/120 mL light soy sauce, not low-sodium; 3 tbsp/45 mL dark soy sauce; Water, as needed; Steamed rice, as needed

Preparation info

Yield:
8
Portions

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Street Foods

By Hinnerk von Bargen and Culinary Institute of America

Published 2015

About

Tofu knots are dried sheets of tofu skin shaped into a knot. They are often served as a textural component in Chinese dishes. As they cook along with the food, they take on all the flavors of the dish. Dark soy sauce is thicker and significantly darker than regular soy sauce. With added molasses and a longer aging period, it has a much richer flavor. It is often used to drastically alter the flavor and color of the dish.