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东坡肉 /
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🏷️Tags
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:bdg-link-primary:`Chinese <../../search.html?q=Chinese>`

🥦Ingredients
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|uncheck| `Pork belly <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pork_belly>`_ (700g -> 400 g after searing and blanching)


|uncheck| `Shaoxing wine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shaoxing_wine>`_ (trying 250 g, add another 50 g after)


|uncheck| `Cornstarch <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cornstarch>`_ (Try 1 `tsp <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tsp>`_ next time)



🧂Seasoning
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|uncheck| `Sugar <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sugar>`_ (trying 4 `tsp <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tsp>`_, try more)


|uncheck| `Star anise <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/star_anise>`_ (1)


|uncheck| `Negi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/negi>`_


|uncheck| `Ginger <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ginger>`_


|uncheck| `Soy sauce <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/soy_sauce>`_ (trying 30 `ml <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ml>`_ regular, 5 `ml <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ml>`_ `dark <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dark>`_)



🔢Directions
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#. Blanch for an hour
#. Sear the fat and cut into small pieces
#. In a saucepan, simmer with a drop lid for 2 hours, fat down over low heat
#. Turn meat upside down, then reduce over high heat
#. Thicken with cornstarch (try 2 tsp)