Red-Cooked Pork Belly Recipe | Epicurious.com

Name: Red-Cooked Pork Belly Recipe | Epicurious.com
Prep time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 6 to 8 servings as part of a Chinese dinner
Ingredients: 1 1/2 qt water; 1 (2- to 2 1/2-lb) piece fresh pork belly (unsmoked bacon; about 3 inches thick) with skin and bones; 1/4 cup Chinese rice wine (preferably Shaoxing) or medium-dry Sherry; 3 garlic cloves, smashed; 6 (1/4-inch-thick) slices fresh ginger; 1 1/2 tablespoons dark soy sauce; 1 1/2 tablespoons regular soy sauce (sometimes labeled "light" or "thin" soy sauce); 1/2 cup coarsely crushed yellow rock sugar (sometimes labeled "yellow rock candy"); 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 12 baby bok choy (preferably Shanghai; 2 1/2 inches long), halved lengthwise (1 1/2 lb total); Accompaniment: cooked rice

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INGREDIENTS

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1 1/2 qt water

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1 (2- to 2 1/2-lb) piece fresh pork belly (unsmoked bacon; about 3 inches thick) with skin and bones

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1/4 cup Chinese rice wine (preferably Shaoxing) or medium-dry Sherry

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3 garlic cloves, smashed

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6 (1/4-inch-thick) slices fresh ginger

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1 1/2 tablespoons dark soy sauce

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1 1/2 tablespoons regular soy sauce (sometimes labeled "light" or "thin" soy sauce)

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1/2 cup coarsely crushed yellow rock sugar (sometimes labeled "yellow rock candy")

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1 teaspoon kosher salt

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12 baby bok choy (preferably Shanghai; 2 1/2 inches long), halved lengthwise (1 1/2 lb total)

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Accompaniment: cooked rice

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