Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
10 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Stir-fried pork belly with pickled gourd is a delicious and flavorful dish that is extremely simple to make, and anyone can easily prepare it at home. Today, let’s cook with TasteVN and check out the recipe for this enticing braised dish!
Ingredients for Stir-fried Pork Belly with Pickled Gourd (pickled gourd) Serves 2 people
Pork belly 100 gr Pickled gourd 100 gr (pickled gourd) Shallots 3 bulbs Garlic 3 cloves Spring onions 1 stalk White pepper a little (or green pepper) Oyster sauce 1 teaspoon Palm sugar 2 teaspoons (can use other types of sugar as preferred) Fish sauce 2 teaspoons Cooking oil 2 teaspoons Common spices a little (salt/ seasoning/ monosodium glutamate)
How to Choose Good Ingredients
How to choose fresh and good pork belly
- Choose pieces of meat that are bright pink, have high elasticity, and do not leave a dent when pressed with your hand.
- Fresh meat will be firm, evenly colored, not slimy, and have no unpleasant odor.
- Additionally, you should choose meat with a balanced ratio of lean and fat, with a thick outer layer of skin, fat about 1.5 – 2cm thick, and the lean meat tightly attached to the fat, which will make it more delicious when braised.
How to choose delicious sour salted gourd (sour gourd)
- You can find sour salted gourd at large markets or stores selling pickled or fresh salted foods.
- When buying, you should choose gourds that are firm, with a natural fragrant smell. Do not choose gourds with strange odors or signs of mold.
- Additionally, to ensure quality and safety, you can make sour salted gourd at home with a recipe from TasteVN.
How to prepare Braised pork belly with sour salted gourd (sour gourd)
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the pork belly with diluted salt water, then rinse with clean water, drain, and cut into bite-sized cubes.
Peel the shallots and garlic, then mince them. Remove the roots from the green onions, wash them clean, and chop them finely. Rinse the sour salted gourd with water to reduce the saltiness.
Marinate the cut pork belly with 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce, 2 teaspoons of coconut sugar, 2 teaspoons of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, and 1 teaspoon of MSG, then mix well for the meat to absorb the seasonings.
How to clean pork belly without a smell:
- To clean and remove dirt from the pork belly, besides using diluted salt water to wash, you can also use coarse salt or rub lime on the meat and then rinse with clean water, allowing it to drain.
- Another way to help clean the meat and remove dirt is to use crushed ginger mixed with rice wine to wash the meat.
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Braised pork with pickled gourd
Heat a pan on the stove, add 2 teaspoons of cooking oil into the pan. Wait for the oil to heat up, then add minced onion and garlic to sauté until fragrant.
Next, add the pork belly to the pan, stir-frying over medium heat for about 3 minutes until the pork is slightly golden, then add all the sour pickled gourd and stir-fry for about 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, add about 30ml of water to the pan, continue to braise for about 10 minutes for the pork belly and gourd to cook through and absorb the seasonings evenly.
Finally, adjust the seasoning to taste, add a little black pepper and finely chopped green onion, mix well one more time, then turn off the heat and serve on a plate to enjoy right away!
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Final product
The braised pork belly with sour pickled gourd when completed has an eye-catching color and an extremely appealing aroma.
The fatty and sweet pork belly blends perfectly with the sour pickled gourd and well-seasoned flavors, served with white rice is simply delightful. Your whole family will surely love this delicious dish!
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