# Red Braised Pork Belly (Hong Shao Rou)

Unctuous melt-in-your-mouth pork belly with a rich aromatic sauce, it's the definition of comfort in a bowl.

- Total time: 90 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1.5 lbs pork belly
- 3 scallions (white portion)
- 3 slices ginger
- 0.25 cup Shaoxing wine
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
- 2 tbsp rock sugar
- 2 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 dried chilies
- 3 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2.5 cups water

## Instructions

1. Start by slicing pork belly into bite-sized pieces and adding it to a pot along with ginger, scallions, and Shaoxing wine.
2. Cover the pork belly with water and blanch to get rid of any scum.
3. Rinse the pork belly in cold water.
4. In a wok, heat together oil and rock sugar.
5. Once the sugar melts and turns into an amber color, add back the drained pork belly and sauté until golden brown.
6. Add star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, optional dried chilies, the aromatics, Shaoxing wine, and light and dark soy sauce.
7. Cover the pork belly with water to barely cover it and simmer low and slow for about an hour and a half.
8. Remove the spices and aromatics.
9. Raise the heat to reduce and thicken the sauce.
10. Serve with a hot bowl of rice.

## Equipment

- pot
- wok
- chopstick

## Tips

- You know the pork belly is ready when you can easily poke the skin with a chopstick.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nephV0mc27w
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/22276b76-c01c-465d-ab90-dee9f9b442a8
- Extracted: 2026-04-24

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