Sticky Chinese Pork Belly

Ingredients

Instructions

1. 1Add pork belly slices, stock, ginger, garlic, rice wine, and sugar to a heavy-based pan. I use a cast iron casserole pan.
2. 2Bring to the boil, then place a lid on, turn down the heat and simmer for 2 hours.
3. 3Turn off the heat, remove the pork from the pan and pat it dry using kitchen towels. You can reserve the liquid if you like (Perfect for a Thai or Chinese noodle soup).
4. 4Chop the pork into bite sized chunks.
5. 5In a small bowl, mix together 1 tbsp of the oil, along with a pinch of salt and pepper, ginger, chilli, honey, brown sugar, soy sauce, and lemongrass paste.
6. 6Add the remaining 1 tbsp of oil to a frying pan and heat over a medium-high heat.
7. 7Add in the pork, along with a pinch of salt and pepper, and fry, turning regularly, until the pork starts to turn golden. Be careful as the oil can splatter at this stage (I recommend a splatter guard).
8. 8Now pour the glaze over the pork and continue to cook for a couple of minutes, turning the pork often, until the pork looks dark and sticky.
9. 9Remove from the heat and serve. I like to top with a few spring onions and chopped chillies.