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Neil Perry: Stir-fried salt pork with garlic chives and garlic stems

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for stir-fried salt pork with garlic chives and garlic stems by Neil Perry and Andy Evans from Sydney restaurant Spice Temple.
Neil Perry: Stir-fried salt pork with garlic chives and garlic stems

Neil Perry: Stir-fried salt pork with garlic chives and garlic stems

Chris Chen
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10M
2H 20M
2H 30M

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.

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