Braised Pork Belly

Spices

Pork belly

Sauce for Lu Zhi (卤汁)

TADA!!! Braised Pork Belly


Ingredients
300 - 400 grams of pork belly, thickly sliced

Seasoning for pork belly:
2 tablespoons of light soy sauce
Pinch of grounded white pepper

Ingredients for braising sauce (卤汁 "Lu Zhi"):
2 cups of water (about 500ml)
3 star anise (八角)
4 dried cloves aka Syzygium aromaticum (丁香)
1 cinnamon stick (桂皮)
2 cloves of garlic, lightly crushed and coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons of fish sauce
1 tablespoon of light soy sauce
2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce
1 tablespoon of rice wine or *Mirin (Japanese rice wine, preferred)
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
Dash of grounded white pepper

1) Season the pork belly for at least 1 day.
2) Put all the ingredient into pot (including the pork belly)
3) Cook for at least 1 hour to 1-1/2 hour if you want your pork belly to be more soften u can cook longer time (Or u can braise it in slow cooker for at least 5 hours)