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Braised pork with winter melon

『 List of ingredients 』

Ingredients: 700g pork belly, 600g winter melon, 1 green onion, appropriate amount of ginger and garlic, 15g dark soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of chicken essence

Excipients: 5 rock sugar, 5 star anise, 5g Sichuan pepper, 1 tablespoon of cooking wine

Procedure Steps

1. Cut the pork belly into small pieces; Cut the winter melon into large pieces, try to make a little bigger

Blanch the pork belly first, pot it under cold water, add cooking wine to remove the smell, skim off the foam after the water boils, and control the moisture

2. Heat the pan with cold oil, first add rock sugar and fry until caramel color, then add green onions, ginger, garlic, star anise, and Sichuan pepper to stir-fry until fragrant, and continue to fry the pork belly for 5 minutes

When the pork belly is evenly coated with sugar, put the winter melon in and stir-fry, and then add dark soy sauce to color

3. Then transfer the fried pork belly to the casserole, add a bowl of hot water, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and continue to simmer for 50 minutes

Winter melon produces a lot of water, so you don't need to add too much water

4. The pork belly has been boiled for almost 50 minutes, turn to high heat to accept the soup, at this time add a little salt and chicken essence to adjust the taste, cover the lid and simmer for 5 minutes, the fragrant stewed pork belly is good, and the winter melon is also stewed very soft and delicious, better than meat.