This sweet and sticky pork is soon to become a favourite weekday dinner.
Cooking Time
Preparation Time :15 Min
Cook Time : 1 Min
Total Time : 16 Min
Ingredients
Serves :
1/4 cup brown sugar
600g boneless pork rashers, cut into 2.5cm pieces
1/3 cup shao hsing (Chinese cooking wine)
3cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, cut into matchsticks
2 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 green onion, thinly sliced
Steamed SunRice Jasmine Fragrant Rice, steamed green beans and sliced red chilli, to serve
Directions
Place sugar in a wok over high heat. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until melted. Add pork and 2 cups cold water (sugar mixture will form a hard toffee at this stage). Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until mixture comes to the boil and sugar has dissolved.
Add wine, ginger, star anise and cinnamon. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 1 hour 30 minutes or until water evaporates (see note). Stir in soy sauce. Cook for a further 2 minutes or until sticky.
Sprinkle pork with green onion. Serve with steamed rice, beans and chilli.
