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Apple-Simmered Pork with Dipping Sauce

苹果白切肉

Pork collar simmers with a whole apple, ginger and scallions and is served sliced with a savory chile dipping sauce.

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Sliced cooked pork beside a chile dipping sauce.
Apple-Simmered Pork with Dipping Sauce
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Ingredients

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  • pork collar
  • scallions
  • ginger
  • cooking wine
  • 1apple, cut into pieces
  • as neededsalt
  • boiling water
  • green and red chiles
  • scallions or cilantro
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 2 spoonfulsvinegar
  • a littlesugar
  • a littlepepper
  • a littlesesame oil
  • Sichuan peppercorn oil
  • a few spoonfulspork cooking broth

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 01

    Blanch pork collar from cold water with scallions, ginger and cooking wine, then rinse.

  2. 02

    Put pork in a pot with scallions, ginger, the chopped apple, salt and plenty of boiling water.

  3. 03

    Bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. The source lets the meat cool before slicing; check doneness before cooling.

  4. 04

    Mix chopped chiles, scallions or cilantro, salt, light soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, pepper, sesame oil, peppercorn oil and a few spoonfuls of pork broth for dipping.

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Apple-Simmered Pork with Dipping Sauce

Pork collar simmers with a whole apple, ginger and scallions and is served sliced with a savory chile dipping sauce.

Ingredients

  • pork collar
  • scallions
  • ginger
  • cooking wine
  • 1apple, cut into pieces
  • as neededsalt
  • boiling water
  • green and red chiles
  • scallions or cilantro
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 2 spoonfulsvinegar
  • a littlesugar
  • a littlepepper
  • a littlesesame oil
  • Sichuan peppercorn oil
  • a few spoonfulspork cooking broth

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Method

  1. 01

    Blanch pork collar from cold water with scallions, ginger and cooking wine, then rinse.

  2. 02

    Put pork in a pot with scallions, ginger, the chopped apple, salt and plenty of boiling water.

  3. 03

    Bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. The source lets the meat cool before slicing; check doneness before cooling.

  4. 04

    Mix chopped chiles, scallions or cilantro, salt, light soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, pepper, sesame oil, peppercorn oil and a few spoonfuls of pork broth for dipping.