Caramelised pork

Recipes / Meat

This sweet and sticky pork is soon to become a favourite weekday dinner.

Recipe «Caramelised pork» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:40 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1/4 cup brown sugar, 600g boneless pork rashers, cut into 2.5cm pieces, 1/3 cup shao hsing, 3cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, cut into matchsticks, 2 star anise , 1 cinnamon stick, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 green onion, thinly sliced , Steamed jasmine rice, steamed green beans and sliced red chilli, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup brown sugar 
  • 600g boneless pork rashers, cut into 2.5cm pieces 
  • 1/3 cup shao hsing 
  • 3cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, cut into matchsticks 
  • 2 star anise 
  • 1 cinnamon stick 
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce 
  • 1 green onion, thinly sliced 
  • Steamed jasmine rice, steamed green beans and sliced red chilli, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Place sugar in a wok over high heat. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until melted. Add pork and 2 cups cold water (sugar mixture will form a hard toffee at this stage). Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until mixture comes to the boil and sugar has dissolved.
  2. Add wine, ginger, star anise and cinnamon. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 1 hour 30 minutes or until water evaporates (see note). Stir in soy sauce. Cook for a further 2 minutes or until sticky.
  3. Sprinkle pork with green onion. Serve with steamed rice, beans and chilli.