Chinese home cooking

Poached Pork Belly with Garlic Dipping Sauce

Name: Poached Pork Belly with Garlic Dipping Sauce
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: pork belly; scallions; ginger; star anise; cinnamon; bay leaves; Sichuan peppercorns; 2 spoonfuls cooking wine; water to cover; garlic; bird's eye chiles; 3 spoonfuls light soy sauce; 1 spoonful each oyster sauce, fragrant vinegar and sesame oil; 1/2 spoonful sugar

蒜泥白肉

Pork belly is poached with whole spices, cooled and sliced, then served with a garlic-and-chile dipping sauce.

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Published 2026-10-12

Pale sliced pork belly next to a small bowl of garlic and chile sauce. — Poached Pork Belly with Garlic Dipping Sauce

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

pork belly
scallions
ginger
star anise
cinnamon
bay leaves
Sichuan peppercorns
2 spoonfulscooking wine
water to cover
garlic
bird's eye chiles
3 spoonfulslight soy sauce
1 spoonful eachoyster sauce, fragrant vinegar and sesame oil
1/2 spoonfulsugar

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

01
Wash the pork belly and put it in a pot with scallions, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, peppercorns, cooking wine and water to cover.
02
Bring to a boil, skim and cook over medium heat for 45 minutes, until cooked. Remove, cool and slice.
03
Mix chopped garlic, scallions and chiles with light soy sauce, oyster sauce, fragrant vinegar, sesame oil and sugar. Serve as a dipping sauce alongside the pork.

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Cooking Method

PoachingCold Tossing

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