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Shanghai-style braised pork
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Shanghai-style braised pork

17 ingredients Serves 6 openrecipes
Shanghai-style braised pork

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

822
Calories
66g
Protein
19g
Fat
89g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Star Anise not in our table 0
Seed 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 pork blade bone with rind, about 2kg/4½lb, from a good butcher
  • 1 small orange
  • 2 whole star anise
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 3 dried red chillies
  • 8 bok choi or Chinese leaves and plain boiled rice, to serve
  • 600ml /1 pint Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
  • 1.2 litres/2 pints homemade chicken stock or good quality store bought
  • 300ml /½ pint dark soy sauce
  • 50ml light soy sauce
  • 175g Chinese rock sugar or granulated sugar
  • 8 slices fresh root ginger
  • 6 garlic cloves , crushed
  • 6 whole spring onions
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tsp freshly ground black peppercorn

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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