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Red Cooked Pork (Hong Shao Rou) Recipe
Photo: Sam Loyd

Red Cooked Pork (Hong Shao Rou) Recipe

8 ingredients 4 servings openrecipes

Red Cooked Pork is one of the most popular comfort food in China. Yet no one in the U.S. knows about this at all. I am introducing this dish from my kitchen and...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

620
Calories
59g
Protein
31g
Fat
17g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Meat not in our table 0
Star Anise not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb. pork belly meat cut into two inch cubes
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 3 cloves of garlic peeled
  • 3 whole star anise
  • 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce (老抽)
  • 1/4 cup Shaoxing cooking wine (紹興酒)
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken stock or water

Directions

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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