As most of us are locked down at home, there's only so much we can do. Eat, sleep and repeat. It is bad for our health really! To de-stress, I will normally cook or bake else I'll turn into couch potato! Luckily I'm not into any TVB or K-drama...
One night, a friend was following this live cooking show on FB and asked me to check it out. It was Maria Cordero, a popular HK celebrity cooking live from her kitchen. The dish she cooked that night was this rather easy to follow pork belly dish using 7-Up. Pretty interesting and best part is, it is so easy as she literally just dump everything in and boil! No mess and no oily kitchen!
Kids love it knowing they get some soft drinks in their food! Yes, it uses 7-Up or any lemonade to tenderize the meat. It has a sweet savoury taste and kind of appetizing. As I do not have the required fresh chili, I substitute with some dried chilies which worked out better as I get a little kick of spiciness in the gravy. Kids practically flooded their rice with the gravy!
Ingredients
1 kg Pork belly (cut into big cubes about 1.5")
4 pcs Shallot (cut into big slices)
2 pcs Garlic (cut into big slices)
1 - 2 Bay leaf
1 pc Cinnamon stick
2 pcs Star anise
1 pc Fresh chilie (use 2 dried chilies if you prefer a tinge of spiciness)
350 ml Lemonade (7-Up/Sprite)
2 tbsp Dark soy sauce (dark caramel)
2 tbsp Light soy sauce
1 pc Rock sugar (can omit if you prefer less sweet)
1 tbsp Vinegar (or rice vinegar)
1 tsp Salt
½tsp Black pepper
Methods
- Place all the dry ingredients into a deep pot (best if you have a cast iron casserole pot).
- Rinse the pork with some water added with 2tbsp of vinegar to get rid of smell.
- Drain and arrange pork cubes on top of dry ingredients.
- Pour in the lemonade. Add a bit more if you prefer to have more gravy.
- Put in the sauces, rock sugar, vinegar and seasoning.
- Switch on medium fire and let it come to a boil. Stir every few minutes.
- Cover and let it simmer for 45 minutes on small fire till pork pieces are tender.
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