Braised Pork with Chinese Spices (หมูตุ๋น)

Serves: 6

What you need:

• 1-1.2 kg pork (I use 500g thick-cut pork steak + 700g pork ribs)
• 2 inch cinnamon stick
• 4 star anise
• 2 tsp black peppercorn
• 2 tsp sechuan peppercorn
• 2 tsp coriander seeds
• 10 cloves garlic
• Few coriander roots (optional)
• Salt
• Light soy sauce
• Oyster sauce
• Sweet soy sauce

How to put this together:

1. On medium heat, pan roast the dry spices: star anise + black peppercorn + sechuan peppercorn + coriander seeds
2. Put pork + ribs + star anise + black peppercorn + sechuan peppercorn + coriader seeds + garlic + coriander roots + 2 tsp salt in a pressure cooker pot. Add 1.5 litre water. Bring to boil, and pressure cook for 20 mins. Or simmer slowly until tender (2-3 hrs)
3. Remove pork & pork ribs from the soup
4. Drain the soup through a sieve to remove spices bits
5. Add 0.5 litre of water (or more if you simmered instead of using pressure cooker). You want enough soup for 6 bowls of noodle soup
6. Season with light soy sauce (start with 3 Tbsp) + Oyster sauce (start with 2 Tbsp) + Sweet soy sauce (start with 1 Tbsp).
7. Taste, and add more seasoning if required. You want the soup to be a combination of sweet & salty.
8. Put pork back into the bits-free soup
9. Simmer for another 5 minutes
10. Eat with steamed rice (and chilli sauce) or make Thai braised pork noodle soup. Recipe is coming!

Braised Pork with Chinese Spices

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Prep Time 0 mins

Cook Time 1 hr

Course Main Course, Soup

Cuisine Chinese

Servings 6 people

Equipment

• Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

  

• 1-1.2 kg pork I use 500g thick-cut pork steak + 700g pork ribs
• 2 inch cinnamon stick
• 4 star anise
• 2 tsp black peppercorn
• 2 tsp sechuan peppercorn
• 2 tsp coriander seeds
• 10 cloves garlic
• Few coriander roots optional
• Salt
• Light soy sauce
• Oyster sauce
• Sweet soy sauce

Instructions

 

• On medium heat, pan roast the dry spices: star anise + black peppercorn + sechuan peppercorn + coriander seeds
• Put pork + ribs + star anise + black peppercorn + sechuan peppercorn + coriader seeds + garlic + coriander roots + 2 tsp salt in a pressure cooker pot. Add 1.5 litre water. Bring to boil, and pressure cook for 20 mins. Or simmer slowly until tender (2-3 hrs)
• Remove pork & pork ribs from the soup
• Drain the soup through a sieve to remove spices bits
• Add 0.5 litre of water (or more if you simmered instead of using pressure cooker). You want enough soup for 6 bowls of noodle soup
• Season with light soy sauce (start with 3 Tbsp) + Oyster sauce (start with 2 Tbsp) + Sweet soy sauce (start with 1 Tbsp).
• Taste, and add more seasoning if required. You want the soup to be a combination of sweet & salty.
• Put pork back into the bits-free soup
• Simmer for another 5 minutes
• Eat with steamed rice (and chilli sauce) or make Thai braised pork noodle soup. Recipe is coming!

Keyword Chinese, Pork, Soup