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Braised Pork in Sweet and Sour Vinegar Sauce 糖醋豬肉

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian, Chinese
Servings 8

Equipment

  • Wok

Ingredients
  

  • 3 lbs Pork Belly or Pork Shoulder Butt
  • ¼ Cup Soy Sauce
  • Cup Dark Soy Sauce
  • ¼ Cup Water
  • 80-100 gram Slab Brown Sugar, chop them into little pieces may use brown sugar for substitution
  • 1 pc Ginger
  • 2 T Vinegar Apple Cider or any Chinese Vinegar
  • Salt to Taste

Instructions
 

  • Rinse pork, drain in colander for 10-15 minutes and then pat dry it with a paper towel
  • Cut pork into preferred bite size (approx. 1”x1”x2”)
  • Preheat a wok WITHOUT oil for pork belly OR preheat wok with oil for pork shoulder butt for a few minutes
  • Put all pork into wok and let it brown for a minute or two on one side, oil will come out from the pork belly, and the pork belly will become golden, then flip and let it brown, in the mean time, add a piece of ginger and continue to let it brown
  • After browning the pork for a few minutes, add brown of sugar to the meat and keep stir frying until all the sugar are melted (see pic)
  • Then add soy sauce, dark soy sauce and water, bring it to a boil, then simmer in medium low heat for about 20 minutes or until it is tender (add “old” sauce now if you have any, see tips #2 below)
  • Salt to taste if needed
  • Add vinegar and mix well, serve with rice
Keyword asian, braised, chinese, pork, sour, sweet, vinegar