Friday, September 28, 2012

Unker Cooks : Abundance Prosperity Pork Belly with Abalone Sauce

It's Saturday again! That means it's time for Unker Ho to get busy in the kitchen again. Woo hoo~! I tell  you hor... being in the kitchen really makes me happy, as long as I'm the only person in the kitchen. Ha ha...

So anyhow, today I'm going to post the recipe for a very nice pork-based dish:

Abundance Prosperity Pork Belly with Abalone Sauce
(多富鲍鱼汁花肉)


LOL... I have no idea where the name came from... it just appeared somewhere...


So what you need lah?


(1) Pork Belly (about half a kilo) from Tesco

- I just happened to do my shopping in Tesco and saw that the pork belly was quite nice. So I just buy. End of story.

- If you want to, choose a pork belly that has more meat than fat. Some pork belly has more fat.

(2) A bottle of Abalone Sauce from the morning market uncle


(3) One lemon

- Wash the lemon clean and put it in the freezer. You can use it for many other dishes so just keep on frozen lemon at your convenience at all times

(4) Sesame oil

(5) Two slices of ginger

So what do you do with them?


(1) Wash the pork belly and pat dry with paper towels

(2) Cut it into half inch chunks. Remove the skin.


(3) Season the pork belly with a pinch of salt and also some pepper. I'm using some grounded black pepper. Black pepper tastes nicer :D

(4) Heat up about 2 tablespoons of sesame oil. Keep the flame low at all times. High flame produces mega smoke which will cause your husband / wife to mop the floor after cooking.


(5) When you start to smell the sesame oil, put in the two slices of ginger


(6) Let the ginger sizzle in the oil for a while.. it will turn brown slightly starting from the edges. Then add all the seasoned pork belly into the pan. Remember to continue keep the flame low.


(7) Toss and turn the pork belly around so that they're completely covered by the ginger-smell sesame oil. You will notice that more oil will be produced in the pan. It's from the fat!


(8) Continue stir frying the pork belly. You know you're ready for the next step when they turn slightly brown like this:


(9) Pour two tablespoons of abalone sauce into a bowl and mix with 1 tablespoon of water. Stir them well then pour it into the pan.


(10) Continue stir-frying everything until the pork belly is covered with the abalone sauce. It will thicken very fast as one of its ingredients is corn starch! This is also the time you switch off your stove. 



(11) Dish out everything onto a plate. Using a grater, take out the frozen lemon and grate a little bit of lemon skin on top. This is really an ultra-powerful flavour enhancer.


(12) Abundance Prosperity Pork Belly with Abalone Sauce... DONE!!


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