Braised Pork Belly

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  • 2 lb Pork belly sliced in cubes (1 ½”)
  • 2 tbsp Canola Oil
  • 1 Garlic whole head
  • 3-5 sliced Ginger
  • 1/3 cup Soy sauce
    1 tbsp Dark soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp white sugar
  • 1/3 cup cooking wine
  • 3-4 pieces star anise
  • 1 stick cinnamon stick / 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp of green scallions chopped

Heat up oil in a 4 qt. pot, then add ginger slices, star anises, cinnamon sticks to stir for a couple minutes or until the aroma stars rising, then add pork to the pot and pan sear the meat lightly. Then add wine and cover the lid for a minute then add sugar and cover for another couple minute. Add soy sauce, dark soy sauce and star anise and cinnamon stick and stir roughly. Then add ½ cup water, whole garlic and black pepper and let it simmer for 45 minutes to an hour. Check in every few minutes during the simmering. Make sure the water is not dried out and taste the seasoning to what you like. Add a bit if the liquid is running low. If there's too much liquid at very last 10-15 minutes of cooking, then turn up the heat to reduce it to almost thing gravy like. At last, just sprinkle some green scallions on top of it when it is ready to serve.