Braised pork belly with yellow cauliflower, a summer health dish, traditional methods teach you to get started easily

Braised pork belly with yellow cauliflower is a traditional home-cooked dish that is said to be one of the three must-have dishes for the summer season, the other two being sour and spicy cabbage and sticky rice. It is not difficult to stew pork belly with yellow cauliflower, just prepare fresh yellow cauliflower and pork belly, as well as some simple spices and seasonings, you can make a nourishing and delicious and satisfying dish. Let's introduce the detailed steps and ingredients for stewed pork belly with yellow cauliflower, as well as tips.

Ingredient selection

• Yellow cauliflower: Choose fresh, golden color and clean surface yellow cauliflower, and avoid using expired, spoiled or moth-infested yellow cauliflower. Yellow cauliflower generally needs to be soaked for easy cleaning and handling.
• Pork belly: Choose fresh, ruddy pork belly with obvious texture, and avoid blackened, smelly or wounded pork belly. Pork belly generally needs to be cut into pieces for easy cleaning and handling.
• Spices: Prepare spices such as ginger, garlic, star anise, cinnamon and other spices for fishiness, flavor enhancement and flavor enhancement.
• Seasonings: Prepare seasonings such as light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, salt, chicken essence, pepper, cooking wine, etc., for toning, seasoning and sweetening.

Practical steps

1. Soak the cauliflower until soft, wash and cut into small pieces.
2. Wash the pork belly and cut into 3cm cubes for later use.
3. Wash and slice the ginger, garlic. Wash star anise and cinnamon for later use.
4. Prepare a clean pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring the water to a boil, add the pork belly cubes, and cook for ten minutes. Remove and drain for later use.
5. Put a little oil in another pot, add ginger, garlic and other spices after the oil is hot, and stir-fry until fragrant.
6. Add pork belly cubes, stir-fry until the surface is slightly yellow, add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, white sugar and other seasonings, stir-fry well and color.
7. Add star anise, cinnamon and other spices, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, turn to low heat, cover the pot, and simmer for about 40 minutes, so that the pork belly is fully flavored and becomes soft and rotten.
8. Add the yellow cauliflower and stir-fry a few times over high heat to let the yellow cauliflower break and absorb the soup.
9. Sprinkle with salt, chicken essence, pepper and other seasonings before leaving the pan and stir well.
10. A nourishing and delicious yellow cauliflower stewed pork belly is ready. Enjoy it hot with sticky rice or steamed buns, healthy and worry-free!

Tips

• The soaking step of yellow cauliflower is very important, it should be soaked in warm water until soft, otherwise it will affect the taste and nutrition. After soaking, wash it to remove impurities and sediment.
• The cooking steps of pork belly are also very important, first boil with water to remove blood water and impurities, otherwise it will affect the color and taste. Drain the water after cooking, otherwise it will affect the stir-fry and taste.
• Pay attention to the heat and time during the simmering process, and do not let the pork belly overheated or stiff. If necessary, you can add water or adjust the firepower appropriately.
• The stir-frying steps of the yellow cauliflower are also important, to maintain the fragrant and crisp of the yellow cauliflower, and not to stir-fry too soft or too burnt.