This Chinese Braised Pork Belly is fatty, soft and full of umami. In Chinese, we say that this pork belly melts in your mouth and that you get a layer of fatty juice in your mouth. 满嘴流油 My mom has always liked to pan fry the pork belly just a touch longer than most other recipes would suggest.
Once boiling, add the entire pork belly into the stove top pot. Bring heat down to medium-low, partially cover and cook for 40 minutes. In the meantime finely dice jalapeno (with seeds), grate garlic with a grater or a garlic press and place into a dipping bowl.
You can also use low-sodium chicken broth but the bone broth is much healthier and flavorful. Once you got the cooking liquid done, the rest is easy to follow. This is an optional step but my mom always adds hard-boiled eggs to her braised pork belly dish, so it’s sort of a family tradition for me now.
This is an optional step but my mom always adds hard-boiled eggs to her braised pork belly dish, so it’s sort of a family tradition for me now. I’d recommend you give it a try because you are going to make some best tasting hard-boiled eggs with the delicious sauce.