Every Chinese province has a version of this simple dish. Here is Spice Temple’s.
Ingredients
Salt-braised pork belly
Method
Main
1.For salt-braised pork belly, bring salt, rock sugar, ginger, garlic, reserved green onion tops and 2.5 litres water to the boil in a stockpot over high heat. Add pork belly, reduce heat to low and simmer until very tender (2 hours). Remove from heat, cool pork to room temperature in stock, then remove from stock and refrigerate until completely chilled (1-2 hours). Thickly slice pork, set aside.
2.Heat peanut oil in a wok over high heat until smoking, add sliced pork and stir-fry until golden (2-3 minutes; be careful, it will spit), remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add ginger and garlic, stir-fry until fragrant (1-2 minutes), then add garlic chives, garlic stems, green onion and 1 tsp sea salt. Deglaze with wine, add chicken stock and pork, stir to combine and serve immediately.
