Sunday, November 16, 2014

Braised Pork

Ingredients ...

[1] pork butt 2 lbs, cut into cubes about 1.1/4" in size

[2] cooking oil
[3] ginger 10 large pieces
[4] cooking wine, 1/4 cup
[5] sugar, 1 tea spoon
[6] soy sauce, 4 table spoons
[7] garlic 10 cloves
[8] puff totu (optional)
[9] water ...  about 1.5 cups

    Directions ...

    [a]  [2] + [3] ... in pot, medium heat for 30 seconds.
    [b]  + [1], till the meat surface changes color.
    [c]  + [6] + [4] + [5] + [9], bring to boil, simmer in low heat for 1 hour.
    [d]  + [7] + [8], simmer for another 10 minutes.

    Notes ...

    -- tastes better if the meat is not too lean.
    -- don't cook the garlic for too long, it may disappear :-)
    -- when add water, make sure it does not reach the top of the meat in [c], cover about 3/4 of the meat is enough
    -- [6] depends on the type of soy sauce, some are saltier than the other.  starts with 4 table spoons. then add more if needed.

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