Twice-cooked pork
Chinese pork dish
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Twice-cooked pork or double-cooked pork (Chinese: 回鍋肉; pinyin: huíguōròu; lit. 'meat returned to the wok') is a Chinese dish in Sichuan cuisine. The pork belly is simmered, sliced, and then stir-fried—"returned to the wok." The pork is accompanied with stir-fried vegetables, most commonly garlic sprouts, but often baby leeks, cabbage, bell peppers, onions, or scallions.[1] The sauce may include Shaoxing rice wine, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, sugar, ginger, chili bean paste, and sweet wheat paste.[2][1]
 Twice-cooked pork with vegetables | |
| Alternative names | Hui guo rou |
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| Place of origin | China |
| Region or state | Sichuan |
| Associated cuisine | Sichuan cuisine |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Pork, vegetables, Shaoxing wine, hoisin sauce |
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| Traditional Chinese | 回鍋肉 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 回锅肉 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | meat returned to the wok | ||||||||||
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This dish is commonly associated with yan jian rou (Chinese: 鹽煎肉; lit. 'salted fried pork'), which tastes quite similar, but cooked in a different process.
Preparation
The process of cooking twice-cooked pork involves first simmering pork belly steaks in water with spices, such as ginger, cloves, star anise, jujubes, or salt. After refrigeration to firm the meat, it is cut into thin slices. The pork belly is then returned to a wok and shallow fried in oil, usually along with some vegetables, onions, herbs. It can be served with rice.
Gallery
With Lao Gan Ma chili sauce
Japanese style, with rice and miso soup
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See also
References
- Chiang, Jung-Feng (1976), Mrs. Chiang's Szechwan Cookbook : Szechwan Home Cooking, Ellen Schrecker and John E. Schrecker, New York: Harper & Row, ISBN 006015828X. Internet Archive ONLINE.
- Dunlop, Fuchsia (2003), Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking, New York: Norton, ISBN 0393051773. Internet Archive ONLINE
