The Twice Cooked Pork My Dad's Made 100,000 Times

45 min

The Twice Cooked Pork My Dad's Made 100,000 Times

Learn how to make Twice Cooked Pork from a 2x James Beard Award Winning Chinese Chef with 60+ years of experience

45 min4 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 ounce carrot
  • 4 oz dried tofu
  • 0.5 ounce onion
  • 0.5 ounce dried chili pepper
  • 2 clove garlic
  • 2 ounce green onion white
  • 8 ounce cabbage
  • 13 ounce pork belly
  • 6 cup hot water
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 tablespoon cooking wine
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon ground bean sauce
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 2 teaspoon hoisin sauce
  • 2 teaspoon light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 0.5 teaspoon doubanjiang
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

  1. 1

    Prep vegetables: Peel the carrot. Cut into small chunks. Lay each piece flat and cut into 1/4-inch thick slices.

  2. 2

    Prep sauce: In a small bowl, combine the ground bean sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, light soy sauce, sugar, and doubanjiang. Mix until thoroughly combined. Taste and adjust as needed.

  3. 3

    Parboil pork belly: Add the hot water to a wok with the heat on high.

  4. 4

    Cook vegetables: Strain out any scum or fat left in the water.

  5. 5

    Cut pork belly: Remove the pork belly from the cold water and pat dry with paper towels.

  6. 6

    Stir fry ingredients: Heat the wok on high, roughly 1 minute.

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