Main Ingredients:
Pig stomach: 5 pieces; Pork belly: 1500g.
Marinade:
Green onions, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise water: as needed; Salt: 1/2 tsp; Thirteen-spice powder: 1/2 tsp; Ground pepper: 1/2 tsp; Light soy sauce: 2 tbsp; Dark soy sauce: 1 tbsp; Oyster sauce: 1 tbsp; Sweet potato starch: 1 tbsp.
Smoking Ingredients:
Rice: 1 bowl; Tea leaves: as needed; White sugar: as needed; Peanut shells: as needed; Orange peel: as needed; Aluminum foil: 2 sheets.
Flavor: Fragrant; Cooking Method: Boiling; Time: Several days; Difficulty: Advanced.
Step-by-Step Cooking Instructions for Homemade Fragrant Pork Belly
Soak the purchased pig stomach in advance.
Cut the pork belly into small pieces with a ratio of 2 parts lean to 8 parts fat (the pork belly should have a chewy texture).
Prepare green onion sections, shredded ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, and star anise.
Soak the above ingredients in a bowl with water for 1 hour.
Pour the soaked water into a bowl containing the pork belly.
Add salt.
Add thirteen-spice powder.
Add ground pepper.
Add light soy sauce.
Add dark soy sauce.
Add oyster sauce.
Add sweet potato starch.
After mixing well, refrigerate overnight.
Stuff the marinated pork belly into the pig stomach and seal with bamboo skewers.
Here are the 5 stuffed fragrant pork bellies.
Place the fragrant pork bellies in the inner pot of a rice cooker, add water to cover the ingredients, and set to cook for 40 minutes.
After cooking, let the fragrant pork bellies cool for a day. Prepare smoking materials: rice, tea leaves, white sugar, peanut shells, and orange peel.
Prepare a sheet of aluminum foil, place it at the bottom of an iron pot, and add the smoking materials mentioned above.
Place the cooked fragrant pork bellies on top of the smoking materials.
Cover the pot and smoke over medium heat.
The smoking process for the fragrant pork bellies is complete. Once sliced, the aroma will make your mouth water…
Finished product.
