Suan Ni Bai Rou (Boiled Pork with Garlic Sauce)
A powerful garlic sauce coats the thinly sliced boiled pork in a truly artistic way!
Description
Pork belly boiled whole, sliced translucently paper-thin, and drowned in a massive amount of mashed garlic (Suan Ni), chili oil, black vinegar, and sweet soy sauce. The ultimate rice/beer thief.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Skin-on Pork Belly block
- Garlic(massive amounts)
- Chili oil(Hong You)
- Soy sauce
- Black vinegar
- Sugar
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Prepare a block of skin-on pork belly. Boil water with green scallions, ginger, Sichuan pepper, star anise, and wine.
- Drop the whole block in, simmer on low for
- mins until perfectly tender but not falling apart.
- Let the pork cool completely submerged in its own broth (or cold water). This tightens the meat and sets the gelatin.
- Using a razor-sharp cleaver, slice the pork paper-thin (1-2mm) until translucent.
- Mash massive amounts of raw garlic in a mortar into a paste (Suan Ni). Mix with homemade fiery chili oil (Hong You), soy, black vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, and a splash of pork broth to create the sauce.
- Arrange the meat beautifully on a plate and drown it in the garlic sauce.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense heat/aroma of raw garlic、Chili oil
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Thinly sliced pork for Shabu-shabu (texture drops)
Pairing
Cold Beer / White Rice
Trivia
[Trivia] 'Suan Ni' means mud-like mashed garlic, 'Bai Rou' means boiled pork belly. Reigns as the absolute king of appetizers (Liangcai) in authentic Chinese restaurants.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Use the paper-thin pork slices to 'wrap' the julienned cucumbers underneath and the massive garlic sauce on top, tossing it into your mouth in one bite.
Allergen
Pork, Soybeans, Wheat (Soy sauce), Sesame