Nepalese Red Cooked Pork (Hong Shao Rou)

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lb. pork belly meat cut into 2 inch cubes

3 tbs vegetable oil

2 tbs. sugar

3 cloves of garlic peeled

3 whole star anise

2 tbs. dark soya sauce

1/4 cup Shaoxing cooking wine

1 1/2 cups chicken stock or water

Cooking Instructions:

Melt the sugar and the vegetable oil in medium pot over a medium high heat.Continue heating until the sugar is slightly brown about 3 mins.Put the cubed pork in the pot and brown it with the carmelized sugar.About 8 mins.Put the garlic,star anise,soya sauce , rice wine and clear stock into the pot.Put the cover and simmer over low heat.Cook for about 40 mins.Stir the meat every 10 mins to make sure the bottom of the pot does not get burnt. Remove the cover and turn the heat to medium high.Cook the meat for another 10 mins until the sauce reduces to a smooth consistency.Plate it in a shallow bowl and garnish with shredded scallion and sprigs of cilantro.

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