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Twice-Cooked Pork Belly

written by Emma Tang

twice-cooked pork bellyWhether you love traditional Chinese food or you are simply looking for a weeknight dinner dish, today’s twice-cooked pork belly (回锅肉) will make you happy! Whenever my boyfriend and I see it on a menu, we almost always end up ordering it and when we don’t, I’ll usually end up making it at home soon after. I can’t wait to show you how to make my version of this tasty dish at home today.

The ingredients for this dish are simple: pork belly and leek. If you like, you can use green pepper, cabbage or garlic scapes as a substitute for leek.

As the name implies, the pork belly needs to be boiled first before being stir-fried. Here is a tip on how to boil the meat: instead of adding the pork belly directly into hot water, submerge it under cold water, and cook until the water starts to boil. You can use this tip when cooking many other Chinese meat dishes such as braised pork ribs. It helps to reduce irony, raw blood smell of the meat.

When the pork belly has changed color after boiling, wait until it cools down and cut into thick slices.

Double cooked pork ingredientsAfter boiling and slicing the pork belly, I pan-fried over medium-high heat to render the fat until the edges are browned and crispy.

Pan fry pork bellyFor seasoning, I used a combination of  Lao Gan Ma Black Beans Chili Sauce, cooking wine, oyster sauce and dark soy sauce. Cooking wine, oyster sauce and soy sauce are essential to Chinese cooking, I use them all on a daily basis. As for Lao Gan Ma Black Beans Chili Sauce, it is one of the most popular and well-known chili sauces in China. When added, it helps to significantly boost the flavor and add a spicy kick to the dish.

Double cooked porkI love this dish because of the texture of the rich pork belly combined with the warming spice of the black bean chili oil sauce. The soy and oyster sauces create a multi-dimensional flavor profile where that spice and richness is balanced with a more savory note. I’ve found that the spicy and savory flavors of this dish lend themselves perfectly to be eaten with plain white rice. The white rice will help to contrast the bold flavors of this dish.

twice-cooked pork belly imageBelow is a recap of  how I made this dish.How to make double cooked pork bellyI hope you enjoy making this delicious double-cooked pork belly at home. If you like this recipe, please leave a rating and share it with your friends!

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Double Cooked Pork Belly
 
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Prep time
30 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
40 mins
 
Author: Spice the Plate
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • half a pound pork belly
  • 1 bunch leek, cleaned, trimmed, peeled and cut into pieces like the picture
  • 2-3 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 3-4 ginger slices
  • For seasoning:
  • 2 tablespoons Lao Gan Ma Black Beans Chili Sauce
  • 1 tablespoon cooking wine
  • half a tablespoon oyster sauce
  • half a tablespoon dark soy sauce
Instructions
  1. Immerse pork belly in a large pot of cold water with garlic cloves and ginger slices added.
  2. Turn to high heat and bring the water to boil.
  3. After the water starts to boil, turn to medium-low heat and cook the pork belly for about 20 minutes with lid on (carefully turn the pork belly once during cooking)
  4. Remove the pork belly from the pan, wait a couple of minutes for it to cool down and cut into thick slices.
  5. Heat a pan over medium-high heat, stir fry the cooked pork belly for about 4-5 minutes until browned and crispy (drain off the excess oil)
  6. Add in the seasoning sauce and stir fry for about 1-2 minutes to mix well.
  7. Toss in the leek and continue cooking for another 1 minute, remove from pan and serve.
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6 comments

Sarah @ Girl Adulting October 23, 2016 - 10:58 pm

This looks seriously AMAZING. I have a love-hate relationship with pork belly. Love in that it’s delicious, hate in that… I will eat it ALL. Haha.

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Kaylin Lewis October 2, 2017 - 4:15 pm

What do you use for cooking wine?

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Han Tang October 2, 2017 - 5:21 pm

I used “Shaohsing (shaoxing) Rice Cooking Wine”. Here’s the Amazon link in case you need it. Let me know if you have more questions for me. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=chinese+cooking+wine&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Achinese+cooking+wine

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Kaylin Lewis October 2, 2017 - 5:56 pm

Great thank you!

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Allen Greenky January 10, 2022 - 8:52 pm

This was a great recipe. I googled recipe pork belly leek cabbage as that was what we had on hand. Was a hit with the family, tasted bright and fresh. We used rice noodles and that loved the pork fat and sauce.

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Emma Tang April 5, 2022 - 3:58 pm

Thanks for your comment, Allen! Glad it was a hit!

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