Pork Belly with Fish Sauce 魚露豬肉

Pork Belly with Fish Sauce 魚露豬肉Pork Belly with Fish Sauce 魚露豬肉

Ingredients:

  • 2 pieces pork belly, about 4 lb (2 kg);
  • 2 tablespoons ginger juice, (1 piece of ginger, about 4 oz (120 g), peel, grate and squeeze for juice);
  • 1 tablespoon 2 mm thick ginger slices;
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable/canola oil for high heat;
  • 1 1/2 cups (360 ml) fish sauce;
  • 1 1/2 cups (360 ml) water, or enough to cover the pork;
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar.

Recipe:

Serving for 4

  1. Scrape the skin of the pork belly;
  2. Clean and pat dry;
  3. Add ginger juice to marinate overnight;
  4. Pat dry;
  5. Add 1 tablespoon vegetable/canola oil in a heavy sauce pan over medium high heat;
  6. Sear all sides of pork belly until light brown;
  7. Add fish sauce and water;
  8. Add 2 mm thick ginger slices;
  9. Turn to simmer when it comes to a boil;
  10. Check once a while to avoid drying out;
  11. Cook until pork belly becomes tender, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours;
  12. Add brown sugar;
  13. Take it out and cut to 1/2” (1 cm) thick slices;
  14. Serve hot with rice.

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