Instant Pot Braised Pork with Tofu
A tasty and modest home cooking variation of Chinese braised meat dishes made with pork shoulder and tofu cooked in an aromatic sauce.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 5 garlic cloves (peeled and finely minced)
- 1.2 kg lean pork shoulder (trimmed and cut into 11/2 inch pieces)
- 2 medium star anise
- 8 clove 8 cloves
- 1/2 cup water (additional water for stove top cooking only)
- Steamed basmati rice (or cauliflower rice to serve)
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 500 g organic hard tofu (sliced into 1 inch pieces)
- 8 tbsp gluten free kecap manis
- 2 tbsp potato starch (mixed with 1/2 cup water)
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground white pepper
- 1/4 cup medium dry sherry
- 2 spring onions ((scallions) thinly sliced lengthwise)
- 1 tbsp goji berries
Instructions
- 1
Heat up a non-stick frying pan with extra virgin olive oil.
- 2
Pan fry the tofu for 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown with firm skin. Set aside.
- 3
Mix and combine all the ingredients for the sauce together in a bowl.
- 4
Add in extra virgin olive oil and all the other ingredients plus the sauce prepared in step 1. Stir and mix well.
- 5
Then add in the pan-fried tofu pieces on top of the pork.
- 6
Cover the instant pot and lock lid. Using the pressure cooker function, set cook time for 25 minutes.
- 7
Let the instant pot rest for another 10 minutes, slowly and carefully release pressure. Unlock lid.
- 8
Remove the tofu pieces and set aside in a medium bowl.
- 9
Plate the pork with tofu pieces on top. Garnish with spring onion (scallions) and goji berries.
- 10
Serve with steamed basmati rice or cauliflower rice.
- 11
Mix and combine all the ingredients for the sauce together in a bowl.
- 12
Heat up the pot with extra virgin olive oil and stir-fry the garlic on low heat until lightly golden.
- 13
Then add in all the pork pieces, star anise and cloves and stir-fry for 5 minutes on high to medium heat.
- 14
Add the sauce prepared earlier and stir-fry for another 5 minutes. Add additional ½ cup water and cover with lid and bring to the boil.
- 15
Simmer the pork for 1½ hours on low heat or until pork is soft and tender.
- 16
Remove all the pork pieces and set aside in a large bowl.
- 17
Then add the pan-fried tofu into the sauce and bring to the boil. Then simmer on low heat for 20 minutes. Remove the tofu pieces and set aside in a medium bowl.
- 18
Return the pork pieces to the sauce in the pot and bring to a boil again. Turn off the heat.
- 19
Plate the pork with tofu pieces on top. Garnish with spring onion (scallions) and goji berries.
- 20
Serve with steamed basmati rice or cauliflower rice.