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Easy Char Siu Pork Belly

Name: Easy Char Siu Pork Belly
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ~1½ lb Pork belly; ~2-3 pieces Star anise; ~1 tsp Salt; ~¼ tsp MSG (monosodium glutamate); ~3 tbsp Sugar; ~3 tbsp Hoisin sauce; ~1 tsp Five spice powder; ~¼ tsp Red food coloring; ~1½ cups Water

⏱ 30 min

Adapted from a video by Ziang's Food Workshop

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Ingredients

Pork bellyCut into strips, skin removed. Chicken thigh or breast can be used as alternatives~1½ lbest.
Star anise~2-3 piecesest.
Salt~1 tspest.
MSG (monosodium glutamate)~¼ tspest.
SugarUse dark muscovado sugar~3 tbspest.
Hoisin sauceGood quality~3 tbspest.
Five spice powderGood quality five spice, not the basic supermarket variety~1 tspest.
Red food coloring~¼ tspest.
Water~1½ cupsest.

Steps

1
Mix all marinade ingredients together: salt, MSG, sugar, hoisin sauce, five spice powder, star anise, red food coloring, and water
2
Add the prepared pork belly strips to the marinade and mix well to coat all pieces
3
Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat
4
Reduce heat to low and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes until the pork is cooked through
5
Remove the cooked pork from the liquid. The remaining braising liquid can be used as barbecue sauce and frozen in portions for future use

Easy Char Siu Pork Belly

Ingredients

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