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Slow Cooker Dong Po Rou

December 10, 2016 by Food For Net Leave a Comment

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Slow Cooker Dong Po Rou Recipe

Slow Cooker Dong Po Rou Indulge in the richness of this classic Chinese specialty. This dish definitely deserves to be amongst the top pork recipes out there. 1 Kilos Pork Belly3 Bunches Leeks2 Pieces Ginger (thumb-sized, peeled and sliced)2 Cups Chinese Cooking Wine1 Cup Soy Sauce1 Cup White Sugar Blanch pork belly in boiling water for 2 minutes. Cut into 2 inch cubes.Truss individually with butcher's twine.Arrange leeks and ginger at the bottom of the slow cooker.Put pork on top, fat side down.Pour in wine and soy sauce.Top pork with sugar.Cook for 6 hours on low.Flip pork fat side up,…
Slow Cooker Dong Po Rou
Slow Cooker Dong Po Rou
2016-12-10
Food For Net
This Chinese style caramelized pork is melt-in-your-mouth tender. Such an exquisite dish! If you've been to China and were adventurous then you'll know and love this dish. If you haven't tried it before, know that making this dish is easier than it looks, and it's perfect for the winter time. Serve with rice to cut some of the richness and sweetness. Goes well with sautéd veggies.

Slow Cooker Dong Po Rou

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This Chinese style caramelized pork is melt-in-your-mouth tender. Such an exquisite dish! If you've been to China and were adventurous then you'll know and love this dish. If you haven't tried it before, know that making this dish is easier than it looks, and it's perfect for the winter time. Serve with rice to cut some of the richness and sweetness. Goes well with sautéd veggies.

User Rating: 2.35 ( 40 votes)

Slow Cooker Dong Po Rou

Indulge in the richness of this classic Chinese specialty. This dish definitely deserves to be amongst the top pork recipes out there.
Pin Recipe
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 hours
Total Time: 20 hours 20 minutes
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Servings: 6 people

Ingredients

  • 1 Kilos Pork Belly
  • 3 Bunches Leeks
  • 2 Pieces Ginger thumb-sized, peeled and sliced
  • 2 Cups Chinese Cooking Wine
  • 1 Cup Soy Sauce
  • 1 Cup White Sugar

Instructions

  • Blanch pork belly in boiling water for 2 minutes.
  • Cut into 2 inch cubes.
  • Truss individually with butcher's twine.
  • Arrange leeks and ginger at the bottom of the slow cooker.
  • Put pork on top, fat side down.
  • Pour in wine and soy sauce.
  • Top pork with sugar.
  • Cook for 6 hours on low.
  • Flip pork fat side up, ladle cooking liquid on top, and cook for another four hours.
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This Chinese-inspired pork dish is definitely worth every step of its preparation.

Start off with a good slab of pork belly. Choosing a cut with an even layering of fat and meat will determine this dish's outcome. I suggest getting it whole from the butcher and processing it yourself at home. This way you'll end up having much uniform cuts. I cannot think of another cut that can be substituted in here.

pork-belly

Get a pot of salted water to a boil. Put in the meat, and boil for about 2 minutes. Your timer should start as soon as the water comes back to boiling.  Make sure you have enough water to get the pork fully submerged.

Blanching the pork would release all its impurities which will be visible as a layer of foam on the liquid's surface. Skim this off constantly. Also, pre-boiling the pork would make it much easier to cut into perfect cubes.

blanch

 

As soon as the pork has cooled enough to be handled, cut uniform 2″x2″ cubes. Braising it whole would also work but would limit the surface area that would be caramelized.

You may find it difficult to cut through the pork skin. Putting it fat side down on the board, starting your cuts from the meat side, would make this task a lot easier.

Next would be to truss the individual cubes of pork. Secure a single cross of butcher's twine around each cube, going as tight as you can. This would help the pork retain its shape throughout the braising process, and would make them easier to handle later.

cut-truss

Next, cut those leeks to a length that would cover the base of your slow cooker's vessel. Arrange them together with the ginger slices, creating a bed for the pork to rest on. On top of adding flavor, this would serve to keep the pork from sticking to the pot. We will be using lots of sugar for this recipe, and that could cause the meat to stick to the pot and eventually burn.

layer-leeks

Arrange the pork on top of the leeks and ginger, fat side down. We'll be flipping them later to get evenly caramelized. Reversing this order would subject the skin to the cooking syrup which by then would have already thickened increasing the chances of the pork sticking to the pot.

The slow cooker I tested this week was the Crock Pot 6-quart SmartPot. This is a nice cooker to use because I can just flick on the switch and not even mess with the timer.

set-pork

Add the sugar. Try to keep as much of it on top of the pork pieces, and not directly into the sauce. This way, it'll caramelize slowly, giving the pork a deeper color.

add-sugar

After about six hours on low, carefully flip each pork cube over, ladle some of the cooking liquid on top, and continue for about another four hours. By this time, the cooking liquid would have already developed into a syrup. You may add more stock if it appears to be too thick. Keep in mind that you'll be cooking this for more time, further reducing those sugars.

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When they're done, carefully take them out of the pot and arrange on a platter.  They'll be so tender and extra fragile at this point if you had skipped on trussing them.

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Snip those twines off, arrange them for serving and ladle some of that wonderful caramel on top!

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Slow Cooker Dong Po Rou

Indulge in the richness of this classic Chinese specialty. This dish definitely deserves to be amongst the top pork recipes out there.
Pin Recipe
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 hours
Total Time: 20 hours 20 minutes
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Servings: 6 people

Ingredients

  • 1 Kilos Pork Belly
  • 3 Bunches Leeks
  • 2 Pieces Ginger thumb-sized, peeled and sliced
  • 2 Cups Chinese Cooking Wine
  • 1 Cup Soy Sauce
  • 1 Cup White Sugar

Instructions

  • Blanch pork belly in boiling water for 2 minutes.
  • Cut into 2 inch cubes.
  • Truss individually with butcher's twine.
  • Arrange leeks and ginger at the bottom of the slow cooker.
  • Put pork on top, fat side down.
  • Pour in wine and soy sauce.
  • Top pork with sugar.
  • Cook for 6 hours on low.
  • Flip pork fat side up, ladle cooking liquid on top, and cook for another four hours.
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