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Twice Cooked Pork
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
45 mins
 
Twice Cooked Pork (Double Cooked Pork) from China Sichuan Cuisine.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Sichuan cuisine
Keyword: pork, twice cooked
Servings: 2
Calories: 833 kcal
Author: Elaine
Ingredients
  • 300 g pork belly
  • 1 green onion
  • 4-5 Sichuan peppercorn , optional
  • 1 small bunch garlic sprout , 3-4 ones, end removed and cut into pieces
  • 2 long red chili peppers
  • 1 teaspoon cooking oil
  • 1 inch scallion stalk , cut into small pieces
  • 1/2 thumb ginger , sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves , sliced
  • 1 tablespoon broad bean paste: doubanjiang
  • 2 teaspoon dou-chi: fermented black beans
  • 1 teaspoons light soy sauce
Instructions
  1. Place pork belly in a large pot with enough cold water to cover. Add 1 green onion and 4-5 Sichuan peppercorn seeds. Bring to boil and simmer for 30 minutes. If you are cooking a larger amount, cut the pork belly into sections around 15 cm long (keeping note 1) Transfer out and set aside to cool down.
  2. Smash the head of garlic sprouts and then cut the head part and leaves into 1.5 inch sections. Remove the seeds of red pepper and cut into pieces too.
  3. Heat up around 1 teaspoon of oil in wok (not too much, otherwise the dish might be over greasy), fry the pork belly for around 1-2 minutes (Note 2)until they begin to loose oil and slightly brown.
  4. Move the pork slices out and leave oil only, fry ginger, garlic and scallion until aroma. Place doubanjiang and dou-chi, fry for another half minute. Return pork slices and give a big stir fry to combine well.
  5. Add red pepper, fry for another half minutes. Lastly, place garlic spouts and light soy sauce. Combine well and transfer out immediately.
  6. Serve with steamed rice.

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

You can boil a larger amount for example 600g once and keep the left half for another stir frying in following 2 days. Cool down completely and keep in refrigerator, covered with plastic wrapper.

If the pork belly is fatty, fry for a longer time can reduce the oil it contained. However if the pork belly is with lots of lean meat, do not over-fry it. Otherwise, the slices will dry out.

Nutrition Facts
Twice Cooked Pork
Amount Per Serving
Calories 833 Calories from Fat 729
% Daily Value*
Fat 81g125%
Saturated Fat 29g181%
Cholesterol 108mg36%
Sodium 52mg2%
Potassium 336mg10%
Carbohydrates 4g1%
Protein 14g28%
Vitamin A 145IU3%
Vitamin C 19.3mg23%
Calcium 23mg2%
Iron 0.9mg5%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.