An easy stew recipe that has lots of different flavours including star anise, ginger, tangerine and sichuan peppercorns. Not spicy hot but very tasty.
Recipe for 4
Chinese Pork Stew Recipe
This stew has a chinese flavour twist with the star anise, ginger and tangerine peel .
Ingredients
| 1½kg organic pork fillet, chopped into 4cm | pieces |
| 400ml | dark soy sauce |
| 300ml | sunflower oil |
| 90ml | water |
| 2 teaspoons | unrefined organic sugar |
| 60ml | rice wine or sherry |
| 25g | ginger, grated |
| 2 | medium onions, sliced thinly |
| 4 | garlic cloves, chopped finely |
| 5- 6 | 5mm pieces of dried tangerine peel |
| 2 | organic star anise |
| 2½cm | organic cinnamon stick |
| ½ teaspoon | Szechuan (Sichuan) peppercorns, dry roasted and ground |
Method
- Put the pork in a bowl with the soy sauce and marinade for 20 minutes.
- Heat oil in ovenprrof casserole dish and deep fry the pork pieces in batches (keep the marinade soy sauce) until nicely browned and remove. Discard the cooking oil, add the soy sauce from the marinade and all the other ingredients. Cover and cook in 160°C oven for 1½ hours.
- Serve with plain boiled rice.
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