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This is a great dish, it tastes amazing and although it needs a bit of time to cook, it is actually really simple.

The pork is poached, fried and then finished in the oven

poach

• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 star anise pods
• 2 cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar (optional)
• glug of soy sauce (optional)
• pork belly strips – as much as you need and then an extra bit cos you will have underestimated!

Put all the ingredients into a large pot, cover with water

Bring the pot to a gentle boil and then simmer the pork for 1-2 hours or until soft

Don’t worry, you can’t really over cook the pork

fry

Once you have poached the pork, you want to fry it off in a pan to give it a touch of golden crispiness.

Simply heat a pan with a dash of oil – I use soy and sesame combined. Add the pork and pan fry til lightly golden brown

Once golden, remove from the pan and place into an oven tray lined with baking paper

finish

Once all the pork is golden and in the lined oven tray, top it with your favourite asian style marinade – I use Lee Kum Kee Sticky Pork Ribs or Lee Kum Kee Honey Soy Chicken – and some sesame seeds and chilli flakes (optional).

Bake til sticky – about 10-15 minutes

Serve on rice or crispy noodles

notes

You can poach the pork the day before you are going to serve it.

You could make your own marinade of Hoisin, Honey, Garlic, Ginger and Soy, but this is supposed to be an easy dish!