Chinese Twice-Cooked Pork

Ingredients

• 500g pork belly, in one piece
• 3 tbsp doubanjiang (Sichuan chilli bean paste)
• 1 tbsp sweet bean paste (tianmianjiang)
• 2 leeks, sliced
• 2 green peppers, sliced
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 thumb ginger
• 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 3 tbsp oil

Instructions

1. Boil the pork belly whole for 25 minutes; cool; slice thinly.
2. Heat oil in a wok very hot; render the pork slices for 3 minutes until edges crisp.
3. Push pork aside; add doubanjiang and sweet bean paste; cook 1 minute until red oil appears.
4. Add garlic, ginger, then leeks and peppers; toss 2 minutes.
5. Add wine, soy and sugar; toss to combine.
6. Eat with rice.

Serving suggestions

• Always with rice.

Storage & reheating

Best fresh.

Nutrition

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