Braised pork with chilli, star anise and ginger

Recipes / Meat

Spice up your life with this delicious braised pork. Aromatic spices such as star anise, cinnamon, chilli and ginger give it lots of flavour without additional fat or calories, and help keep the winter blues away.

Recipe «Braised pork with chilli, star anise and ginger» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:45 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1kg lean trimmed diced pork leg, 1 1/2 tbsp plain flour, 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 2 large red onions, coarsely chopped, 4 celery sticks, thickly sliced , 2 carrots, peeled, thinly sliced, 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced, 2 fresh long red chillies, deseeded, coarsely chopped , 4cm piece ginger, peeled, thinly sliced, 4 whole star anise, 2 cinnamon sticks, 2 tbsp salt-reduced tamari, 2 tbsp dry sherry, 1 tbsp brown sugar, 500ml Massel salt reduced chicken style liquid stock, 4 cups cooked quinoa, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 1kg lean trimmed diced pork leg 
  • 1 1/2 tbsp plain flour 
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 
  • 2 large red onions, coarsely chopped 
  • 4 celery sticks, thickly sliced 
  • 2 carrots, peeled, thinly sliced 
  • 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 
  • 2 fresh long red chillies, deseeded, coarsely chopped 
  • 4cm piece ginger, peeled, thinly sliced 
  • 4 whole star anise 
  • 2 cinnamon sticks 
  • 2 tbsp salt-reduced tamari 
  • 2 tbsp dry sherry 
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar 
  • 500ml Massel salt reduced chicken style liquid stock 
  • 4 cups cooked quinoa, to serve 
  • Steamed Asian greens, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 160C/140C fan forced. Place pork and flour in a bowl. Toss to coat. Heat half the oil in a large, deep flameproof casserole dish over high heat. Cook the pork, in 2 batches, tossing, for 3-4 minutes or until browned. Transfer to a large bowl.
  2. Heat the remaining oil over medium heat. Cook the onion, celery and carrots, stirring, for 5 minutes or until soft. Add the garlic, chilli, ginger, star anise and cinnamon. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until aromatic. Add the tamari, sherry, sugar and stock. Bring to the boil.
  3. Return the pork to the dish. Cover and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until the pork is very tender. Serve with steamed Asian greens and the cooked quinoa.