Steamed Pork with Rice Flour

Method

1. 01

   Step 1

   Place pork belly in a pot of cold water, add onions, scallions, high-proof white wine, salt, Sichuan peppercorns, bay leaves, and cinnamon. Boil for 25 minutes and let cool completely.

   

2. 02

   Step 2

   Drain the pork belly and sear it over low heat, skin side down, until the skin is golden brown. Sear the other sides as well.

   

3. 03

   Step 3

   After the pan-fried pork belly has cooled, slice it thinly. Mince the fermented bean paste, and marinate it for half an hour with a sauce made from cooking wine, oyster sauce, soy sauce, light soy sauce, sugar, fermented bean curd sauce, chicken powder, and five-spice powder.

   

4. 04

   Step 4

   Add homemade rice flour and mix well. If it's too dry, add a little water.

   

5. 05

   Step 5

   Arrange the seasoned pork belly in a bowl and top with lotus root.

   

6. 06

   Step 6

   Cover the bowl with a plastic bag to prevent steam from getting inside, and steam over medium-high heat for one and a half hours.

   

7. 07

   Step 7

   Two bowls' worth, one more picture, the taste is absolutely amazing!