Although it is a national home-cooked dish, braised pork has a different taste in every family, and behind this difference is the emotion poured into it. Xu Haoze, who has worked in Beijing for many years, has a special love for braised pork.
Back in his hometown in Guizhou, on the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, as soon as the sky was slightly bright, Xu Haoze's parents went into the kitchen to prepare the most important meal of the year. The small kitchen was already stuffed with various ingredients, and my father carefully cleaned the pork belly while saying: "The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is a little richer, and the next year will be more prosperous, and Futai is healthy." ”
The dish that best reflects my father's hopes is braised pork. With his father preparing the ingredients and his mother in charge, Hao Ze stood aside, watching the tender pork belly, from golden to crimson, until it exuded a mouth-watering fragrance. At this time, my mother would always use chopsticks to take a piece out of the pot: "Let's taste how this year's braised pork tastes." "The braised pork is soft and smooth, the fat is slightly dissolved on the tip of the tongue, and the slightly sweet and salty flavor bursts out on the tip of the tongue, which is the taste of home for Xu Haoze.
Late one night about 15 years ago, Xu Haoze, who was studying alone, couldn't face the decline in his grades, so he sat at his desk in a daze. The pressure of schoolwork and the ubiquitous loneliness almost crushed him as a teenager. What I had at hand was a fried rice with an egg that had already been cold. At this moment, he could no longer suppress his tears, and said to his mother: "I really want to eat the braised pork you made." ”
The next morning, Xu Haoze smelled a hint of meat in a daze. When I opened my eyes, I saw a familiar figure, it was my mother who came from her work place hundreds of miles away and made a bowl of braised pork for her son. At that time, Xu Haoze thought, is there a happier child than himself?
Today, Xu Haoze works in Beijing, thousands of kilometers away from his parents. His parents never demanded too much from him, they just wanted him to take care of himself outside. Every time before going home, my parents will always ask in **: "Do you want to make a bowl of braised pork for you in advance, you can eat it when you get home." ”
On Chinese New Year's Eve, the family gathered, and the braised pork was placed in the closest place to Xu Haoze. Facing his gobbling son, his father smiled and said, "I'm in my thirties, and I still eat like a child." Xu Haoze looked up at his father with a smile and said, "In front of you, I will always be a child, right?" ”
New Year's Flavor Recommended Practice].
1.Choose high-quality pork belly, wash it and cut it into small cubes, the size of which can be controlled according to your personal eating habits. Put the pieces of meat into the pan, stir-fry the excess fat, and remove the meat slightly golden brown before removing it for later use.
2.Prepare the seasoning, about seven or eight slices of ginger, about three or four cloves of garlic, an appropriate amount of Sichuan pepper, about one and a half star anise, three or four bay leaves, a small amount of rock sugar, and prepare dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, cooking wine, and green onion white of chives. The ingredients can be adjusted according to personal taste, and be careful not to put too much garlic so as not to steal the flavor.
3.Next, put the rock sugar into the pot and fry the sugar color, when the sugar color is slightly red, put the ginger slices and garlic into the pot and stir-fry until fragrant, and then put the star anise, Sichuan pepper, and bay leaves into the pot and stir-fry together. After stir-frying the obvious fragrance, pour the meat pieces into the pot, add a spoonful of dark soy sauce, a spoonful of light soy sauce, stir-fry evenly with the meat pieces, add water, it is better to submerge the meat with water, stir it, cover the pot and simmer over low heat.
4.Simmer for an hour over low heat and remove the juice, or save some of the soup according to your personal preference. Add chives and shallots and continue to stir-fry evenly, and you can enjoy the deliciousness out of the pan.
Eat a bowl of braised pork in the Year of the Dragon, life is delicious, and the family is happy and healthy.
Beijing News reporter Xue Chen.
Edited by Zhu Fenglan and Zhang Mingxuan
Proofread by Diyan Chen.
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