Chinese-Style Pork Belly with Fried Rice Recipe

Chinese-Style Pork Belly with Fried Rice Recipe

  • Slow-Cooked Pork:
  • 1 pound pork belly, cut into strips
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 3 1/3 tablespoons dark soy sauce
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 (1 inch) piece ginger, grated
  • 3 spring onions, sliced on the diagonal
  • 1/4 cup cashew nuts
  • Fried Rice:
  • 4 cups water
  • 2 cups uncooked white rice
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2/3 cup green peas
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
  2. Combine pork belly strips, water, dark soy sauce, honey, garlic, and ginger in a Dutch oven over low heat; bring to a gentle simmer, about 10 minutes. Cover and transfer to the oven.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, until pork belly is soft and tender, about 2 hours. Sprinkle spring onions and cashew nuts on top. Cover and let stand until spring onions soften, about 5 minutes.
  4. Bring water, rice, and salt to a boil in a large saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Drain in a colander and rinse with tap water.
  5. Heat olive oil in a wok over medium-high heat until smoking. Cook and stir rice until coated with oil and heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in green peas, egg, and 1 tablespoon soy sauce; cook until egg is set and peas are heated through, about 3 minutes.
  6. Serve pork belly over rice.