Dinner---Braised Pork Belly

📜 Ingredients Pork Belly: 400g (approx.?) Ginger slices: 2-3 slices Rock sugar: 50g (add about 10g more if using granulated sugar) Seasoned Soy Sauce: 20g Cooking wine: 50-100g (original recipe called for 100g, but I didn't want too much, so I used 50g) Salt: a tiny bit Water: 400g (enough to cover the meat) Others (optional): 1-2 cloves garlic; 3 star anise, 3 bay leaves; or cilantro 📖 Instructions 1. First, pan-fry the pork belly until golden brown on both sides to render out excess fat, then pour off some of the fat. 2. Push the meat to one side. Use the remaining oil to melt the sugar, then stir-fry it with the meat to coat the meat with the caramel color. 3. Add the seasoned soy sauce, cooking wine, water, and salt. Throw in the ginger slices, stir-fry over high heat, then turn to low or medium-low heat and braise for 10-20 minutes. (If you have other aromatics, you can add them to braise together.) 🔖 Adding just one of the optional ingredients makes it delicious, but it's also fine without them. Also, besides the meat, you can add hard-boiled eggs or other ingredients you like, depending on your preference.