Slow Cooker Red Cooked Pork (Hong Shao Rou)

Red cooking is about covering meat with garlic, dark soy sauce, rice wine and sugar and braising or slow cooking it. This technique is a common home style way of preparing dishes in China. It is considered part of the Hunan Style of cooking, but it has been adapted to the tastes of every region of China.

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Cantonese cooking is mild in seasoning and the most common type of Chinese food found across the United States. Sichuan cuisine has gained a lot of popularity and it is very spicy. Hunan cooking is some where in between these two well know styles of Chinese cooking.
The dish I chose to make Red Cooked Pork is a widely popular dish in China. Many blog postings that I read about it wondered why it isn't found on Chinese restaurant menus. My guess is because the dish is traditionally made using pork belly which is a seriously fatty meat,... you know the part of the pig that is cured to make bacon. It has to be very unhealthy and extremely rich and fatty to eat this dish the way a home cook in China would make it.
I prepared a light and simpler American version of Red Cooked Pork that I think captures the delicious flavoring of red cooking without the fat. I made it as a slow cooker recipe for convenient. Another reason I made this a slow cooker recipe is because I think that pork cooked slowly at a low temperature gets incredibly tender. And it did, the meat just melts in your mouth.

My whole family loved the sauce which is both sweet and a little spicy. I served it with baby Bok Choy sauteed in olive oil with red pepper flakes and garlic. I recommend serving this dish with a green vegetable to balance the sweetness of this succulent meal.

Slow Cooker Red Cooked Pork : Hong Shao Rou

by Diane Balch simplelivingeating.com
preparation time: 30 minutes serves: 4 - 6

Ingredients: 2.5 pounds of pork loin cut into 2 inch cubes 1 star anise pod 1 cup of dark brown sugar 1 cup of soy sauce 1/4 cup of sherry or Chinese rice wine 4 cloves of garlic minced 1 tablespoon of grated ginger 1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes or more 1 teaspoon of Chinese Five-Spice Powder 2 tablespoons of Hosin Sauce 1/4 cup of corn starch
garnish: chopped fresh cilantro and orange zest
serve with: white rice and a dark green

Directions: 1) Put pork in slow cooker.
2) Whisk all ingredients together in a large bowl.
3) Pour sauce over pork and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours.




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