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Sliced Pork Belly with Garlic Sauce

Name: Sliced Pork Belly with Garlic Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: pork belly; fish sauce; Garlic; scallion; light soy sauce; dark brown sugar; white sugar; balsamic vinegar; Chicken Stock or Water; sesame oil; Corn oil

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6 Steps Total

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Waiting Time

00:02:15

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Wash hands thoroughly after handling raw pork to prevent cross-contamination of bacteria onto utensils or other ingredients.

Place 600g cleaned and dried pork belly in a dish, brush 12g fish sauce evenly over the skin and meat surface. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator to marinate for at least 1 hour.

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Only light brush fish sauce on the surface to build base flavor

do not soak long, otherwise the fish sauce aroma will overpower the natural pork sweetness

Ingredients:pork belly (600 g)fish sauce (12 g)

Tools:plastic wrapbrush

Preparation

00:03:29

Place 70g peeled garlic cloves into a mortar in batches, crush forcefully with pestle until garlic turns into fine paste, then transfer paste into a large bowl with a spatula.

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Pounding in a mortar releases garlic juices far better than chopping or food processing, yielding superior garlic aroma.

Ingredients:Garlic (70 g)

Tools:spatulastone mortar and pestle

Active Cooking

00:03:59

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Exercise caution when pouring hot sizzled oil over garlic paste to prevent oil splatter and severe burns.

In a small saucepan, pour 20g corn oil and 15g sesame oil. Heat over high fire until shimmering. Pour hot oil over crushed garlic paste in the bowl to sizzle and stir well. Add 30g dark brown sugar, 15g granulated white sugar, 30g light soy sauce, 25g balsamic vinegar, and 30g chicken stock. Stir thoroughly until sugars dissolve. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 1 to 2 hours for flavors to meld.

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Stir immediately after pouring hot oil onto garlic. Allowing sauce to sit 1-2 hours helps garlic and vinegar meld perfectly.

Ingredients:Corn oil (20 g)sesame oil (15 g)dark brown sugar (30 g)white sugar (15 g)light soy sauce (30 g)balsamic vinegar (25 g)Chicken Stock or Water (30 g)Garlic

Tools:mixing bowlsaucepan

Active Cooking

00:05:54

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Beware of hot steam gushing out when lifting lid and hot metal dish; use oven mitts to avoid burns.

Place marinated pork belly flat on a metal steaming plate and arrange 30g scallion sections over top. Bring water to boil in wok over high heat, set steam rack and place dish on top. Cover lid and steam on high heat for 20 to 25 minutes. Open lid, poke chopsticks into thickest part of pork and press gently; if clear juices run with no blood, turn off heat and cool pork at room temperature.

local_fire_departmentHigh heat, steam on high heat for 20 to 25 minutes

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Maintain high heat steaming throughout. Poke chopsticks into the thickest part—no pink blood juice should seep out before turning off heat.

Ingredients:scallion (30 g)pork belly

Tools:woksteaming plate

Active Cooking

00:07:21

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Hold pork firmly and control knife with care while slicing to avoid blade slippage cuts.

Move slightly warm cooled pork belly onto cutting board and trim uneven ends. Hold pork firmly and slice thin uniform slices starting from lean meat side down towards skin side.

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Slice starting from the lean meat side towards skin to prevent blade slipping on tough smooth skin.

Ingredients:pork belly

Tools:chef's knifecutting board

Active Cooking

00:08:13

Arrange sliced pork belly around the edge of a large round platter in overlapping concentric rings. Place the bowl of prepared garlic sauce in the center of the platter and serve immediately.

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Keep sauce in center bowl for dipping instead of pouring over meat beforehand to preserve tenderness.

Ingredients:pork belly

Tools:serving plate