{"id":7051,"date":"2021-02-23T14:37:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T19:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplyasianhome.com\/?p=7051"},"modified":"2022-12-19T00:01:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T05:01:42","slug":"braised-pork-belly-aka-hong-shao-rou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplyasianhome.com\/braised-pork-belly-aka-hong-shao-rou\/","title":{"rendered":"Braised Pork Belly (aka Hong Shao Rou)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Braised Pork Belly (aka Hong Shao Rou) is an incredibly mouth-watering braised fatty pork dish. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"wpzoom-premium-recipe-card\" class=\"is-style-newdesign wp-block-wpzoom-recipe-card-block-recipe-card header-content-align-left block-alignment-left wpzoom-recipe-card-block-adjustable-servings\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"recipe-card-image\">\n\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" 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wpz-star-icon\"><\/li><li class=\"wpz-full-star wpz-star-icon\"><\/li><\/ul><span class=\"wpzoom-rating-stars-average\"><small class=\"wpzoom-rating-average\">5<\/small> <small>from<\/small> <small class=\"wpzoom-rating-total-votes\">1<\/small> <small>vote<\/small><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<em class=\"wpzoom-rating-stars-tooltip\"><\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"recipe-card-course\">Course: <mark>Dinner<\/mark><\/span><span class=\"recipe-card-cuisine\">Cuisine: <mark>Chinese<\/mark><\/span><span class=\"recipe-card-difficulty\">Difficulty: <mark>Easy<\/mark><\/span>\t<\/div><!-- \/.recipe-card-heading -->\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"recipe-card-details\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"details-items\"><div class=\"detail-item detail-item-0\"><span class=\"detail-item-icon oldicon oldicon-food\"><\/span><span class=\"detail-item-label\">Servings<\/span><div class=\"detail-item-value adjustable-quantity no-print\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"detail-item-adjustable-servings\" type=\"number\" data-servings=\"6\" data-original-servings=\"6\" value=\"6\" min=\"1\" step=\"1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p class=\"detail-item-value only-print-visible\">6<\/p><span class=\"detail-item-unit\">servings<\/span><\/div><div class=\"detail-item detail-item-1\"><span class=\"detail-item-icon oldicon oldicon-clock\"><\/span><span class=\"detail-item-label\">Prep time<\/span><p class=\"detail-item-value\">20<\/p><span class=\"detail-item-unit\">minutes<\/span><\/div><div class=\"detail-item detail-item-2\"><span class=\"detail-item-icon foodicons foodicons-cooking-food-in-a-hot-casserole\"><\/span><span class=\"detail-item-label\">Cooking time<\/span><p class=\"detail-item-value\">2<\/p><span class=\"detail-item-unit\">hours&nbsp;<\/span><\/div><div class=\"detail-item detail-item-8\"><span class=\"detail-item-icon far fa-clock\"><\/span><span class=\"detail-item-label\">Total time<\/span><p class=\"detail-item-value\">3<\/p><span class=\"detail-item-unit\">hours&nbsp;<\/span><p class=\"detail-item-value\">10<\/p><span class=\"detail-item-unit\">minutes<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n            <div class=\"wpzoom-nosleep-toggle-container\">\n            <label class=\"switch\">\n                <input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"toggle_button\">\n                <div class=\"slider round\"><\/div>\n            <\/label>\n                                <span class=\"wpzoom-nosleep-label\">Cook Mode<\/span>\n                                            <p class=\"recipe-card-no-sleep no-print\">Keep the screen of your device on<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"recipe-card-ingredients\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ingredients-title\">Ingredients<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ingredients-list layout-1-column\"><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-item-60354f5048138\" class=\"ingredient-item\"><span class=\"tick-circle\"><\/span><p class=\"ingredient-item-name is-strikethrough-active\"><span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-amount\">1<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-unit\">pound<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-alt-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-alt-amount\">1<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-name\">pork belly<\/span><\/p><\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-item-60354f504813a\" class=\"ingredient-item\"><span class=\"tick-circle\"><\/span><p class=\"ingredient-item-name is-strikethrough-active\"><span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-amount\">2<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-alt-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-alt-amount\">2<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-name\">scallions <\/span><\/p><\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-item-60354f504813b\" class=\"ingredient-item\"><span class=\"tick-circle\"><\/span><p class=\"ingredient-item-name is-strikethrough-active\"><span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-amount\">2<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-alt-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-alt-amount\">2<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-name\">slices of ginger<\/span><\/p><\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-item-16141080101194726\" class=\"ingredient-item\"><span class=\"tick-circle\"><\/span><p class=\"ingredient-item-name is-strikethrough-active\"><span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-amount\">2<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-unit\">tablespoons<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-alt-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-alt-amount\">2<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-name\">vegetable oil<\/span><\/p><\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-item-60354f5048139\" class=\"ingredient-item\"><span class=\"tick-circle\"><\/span><p class=\"ingredient-item-name is-strikethrough-active\"><span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-amount\">2<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-unit\">tablespoons<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-alt-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-alt-amount\">2<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-name\">sugar<\/span><\/p><\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-item-162031987637631\" class=\"ingredient-item\"><span class=\"tick-circle\"><\/span><p class=\"ingredient-item-name is-strikethrough-active\"><span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-amount\">1<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-unit\">tablespoon<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-alt-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-alt-amount\">1<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-name\">Shaoxing rice wine<\/span><\/p><\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-item-16141079444774283\" class=\"ingredient-item\"><span class=\"tick-circle\"><\/span><p class=\"ingredient-item-name is-strikethrough-active\"><span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-amount\">2<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-unit\">tablespoons<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-alt-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-alt-amount\">2<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-name\">soy sauce<\/span><\/p><\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-item-16141079511324376\" class=\"ingredient-item\"><span class=\"tick-circle\"><\/span><p class=\"ingredient-item-name is-strikethrough-active\"><span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-amount\">2<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-unit\">tablespoons<\/span> <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-alt-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-alt-amount\">2<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-name\">dark soy sauce<\/span><\/p><\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-item-16141079837174505\" class=\"ingredient-item\"><span class=\"tick-circle\"><\/span><p class=\"ingredient-item-name is-strikethrough-active\"><span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-amount\">1<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-alt-ingredient wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-alt-amount\">1<\/span>  <span class=\"wpzoom-rcb-ingredient-name\">star anise<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"recipe-card-directions\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"directions-title\">Directions<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"directions-list\"><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-direction-step-60354f504813d\" class=\"direction-step\">Cut pork belly into 1 inch wide pieces &#8211; each piece should have skin, fat, and meat.<\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-direction-step-60354f504813c\" class=\"direction-step\">Bring a medium pot of water to a boil and add in scallions and ginger. Add pork belly to blanch for 5 minutes. Skim any scum away from the top. Remove pork belly from water, pat dry with paper towel, and set aside. Keep blanching liquid, but remove the ginger and scallions.<\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-direction-step-60354f504813e\" class=\"direction-step\">In a ceramic pot add vegetable oil and sugar and set heat at medium-low setting.  Wait for oil and sugar mixture to heat up and turn a light brown. Add pork belly in a single layer and sear each side of the pork belly pieces in the sugar oil mixture.<\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-direction-step-60354f504813f\" class=\"direction-step\">Add Shaoxing rice wine and blanching liquid until it covers the pork. Add soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and star anise.  Turn heat to high and bring to a boil. After it reaches boiling, turn heat down to low and cover but leave a gap to allow steam to escape.  Let simmer for 2 hours.<\/li><li id=\"wpzoom-rcb-direction-step-16141081934795775\" class=\"direction-step\">Check on pork belly at 1 and a half hour mark to check sauce level. If sauce level is still at the top, remove lid and continue to cook to reduce liquid until it has reduced by half and becomes a thicker sauce.  Immediately serve.<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"recipe-card-cta-instagram no-print\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-brand-icon\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cta-text-title\">Did you make this recipe?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cta-text-subtitle\">Tag <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/simplyasianhome\/\" target=\"_blank\" >@simplyasianhome<\/a> on Instagram and hashtag it <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"recipe-card-cta-pinterest no-print\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-brand-icon\"><i class=\"fab fa-pinterest\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cta-text-title\">Like this recipe?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cta-text-subtitle\">Follow us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/cooksimplyasian\/\" target=\"_blank\" >@cooksimplyasian<\/a> on Pinterest<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"recipe-card-cta-facebook no-print\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-brand-icon\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"cta-text-title\">Did you make this recipe?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cta-text-subtitle\">Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cooksimplyasian\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Simply Asian<\/a> on Facebook<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"Recipe\",\"name\":\"Braised Pork Belly (aka Hong Shao Rou)\",\"image\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.simplyasianhome.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/HongShaoRou.jpg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.simplyasianhome.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/HongShaoRou.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1\",\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.simplyasianhome.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/HongShaoRou.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1\",\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.simplyasianhome.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/HongShaoRou.jpg?resize=480%2C270&ssl=1\"],\"description\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"dark soy sauce\",\"Pork Belly\",\"Soy sauce\",\"star anise\",\"sugar\"],\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Hester\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-23T14:37:54-05:00\",\"prepTime\":\"PT20M\",\"cookTime\":\"PT2H\",\"totalTime\":\"PT3H10M\",\"recipeCategory\":[\"Dinner\"],\"recipeCuisine\":[\"Chinese\"],\"recipeYield\":[\"6\",\"6 servings\"],\"nutrition\":{\"@type\":\"NutritionInformation\"},\"recipeIngredient\":[\"1 pound pork belly\",\"2  scallions\",\"2  slices of ginger\",\"2 tablespoons vegetable oil\",\"2 tablespoons sugar\",\"1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine\",\"2 tablespoons soy sauce\",\"2 tablespoons dark soy sauce\",\"1  star anise\"],\"recipeInstructions\":[{\"@type\":\"HowToStep\",\"name\":\"Cut pork belly into 1 inch wide pieces - each piece should have skin, fat, and meat.\",\"text\":\"Cut pork belly into 1 inch wide pieces - each piece should have skin, fat, and meat.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.simplyasianhome.com\\\/braised-pork-belly-aka-hong-shao-rou\\\/#wpzoom-rcb-direction-step-60354f504813d\",\"image\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"HowToStep\",\"name\":\"Bring a medium pot of water to a boil and add in scallions and ginger. 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