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Braised Pork Leg with Red Bean Curd

People say that eat pork leg can become 20 years younger! It is a dish that full of collagen. There is usually a pork leg dish in our family's New Year dishes because the family loves it.

Braised Pork Leg with Red Bean Curd
Prep time
20 min
Cook time
40 min
Yield
8 servings
Difficulty
MEDIUM

Ingredients

8
  • 900 g Pork Leg (about half pork leg)
  • 900 g Pork Leg (about half pork leg)
  • 500 g Pork Hock
  • 500 g Pork Hock
  • 1 tbsp Chinese Bean Sauce
  • 1 tbsp Chinese Bean Sauce
  • 1 pc Red Bean Curd
  • 1 pc Red Bean Curd
  • 3 tbsp Red Bean Curd Sauce
  • 3 tbsp Red Bean Curd Sauce
  • 30 g Huadiao Wine/Rice Wine
  • 30 g Huadiao Wine/Rice Wine
  • 30 g Soy Sauce
  • 30 g Soy Sauce
  • 20 g Rock Sugar
  • 20 g Rock Sugar
  • 100 g Garlic
  • 100 g Garlic
  • 30 g Ginger
  • 30 g Ginger
  • 1 Bunch Green Onions
  • 1 Bunch Green Onions
  • 2 tbsp Cooking Oil
  • 2 tbsp Cooking Oil

Instructions

  1. 1

    Peel and slice ginger, mince the garlic for later use.

  2. 2

    Mix well together soy sauce, Huadiao wine, red bean curd, and Chinese bean sauce.

  3. 3

    Put pork leg and pork hock in a pot, put 3 slices of ginger, pour water until the pork is covered, and bring to a boil. Continue to cook for 5 more minutes after the water has boiled.

  4. 4

    Clean the pork and place it on a strainer to drain the excess water.

  5. 5

    Heat oil in a wok, sauté minced garlic and ginger slices.

  6. 6

    Put the pork in and stir fry, add in the mixed well seasoning, and rock sugar.

  7. 7

    After sautéing, turn off the heat, transfer the pork into a pressure cooker. (If you use a wok to cook, add water to cover the pork, then simmer until the soup is thick)

  8. 8

    Finally put in a bunch of green onions, cook in a pressure cooker for 20 minutes and wait for the steam to finish releasing.

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