Braised Pork Belly Rice Bowl

Ingredients

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• pork belly
• onion
• dried shiitake mushrooms, rehydrated, or fresh shiitake
• bay leaf
• star anise
• cinnamon
• ginger
• 1 spoonfulcooking wine
• 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
• 1 spoonfuloyster sauce
• 1 spoonfuldark soy sauce
• a littlesalt
• rock sugar
• hot water
• boiled eggs
• cooked rice
• cooking oil

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. 01

   Dice the pork belly and onion. Prepare the mushrooms and mix cooking wine, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and a little salt.

2. 02

   Fry the onion until crisp, then remove it and retain the oil. Fry the pork until it releases its fat; skim excess fat if needed.

3. 03

   Add ginger, bay leaf, star anise and cinnamon. Return the fried onion and add the sauce, hot water, rock sugar and mushrooms.

4. 04

   Simmer over medium-low heat for 30 minutes. Add boiled eggs and simmer for another 30 minutes. Serve over cooked rice.

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