PotatoesBraised pork is popular, almost every household makes this dish, but everyone has their own favorite way to braise pork with potatoes. Some like fatty pork, some like lean pork, some like a dark color, some don't like a dark color, or other variations.

Traditional braised pork with potatoes

IngredientsPreparation

PotatoesPork bellySugar, old soy sauce, saltStar aniseBay leaves, cinnamon, freshGingerPí CountyDouban.

Steps

1. Wash the pork belly and put it in a pot, add water and scallions and ginger, and cook until it's almost cooked.

2. After removing the meat and draining it, cut it into pieces, and peel and wash the potatoes and cut them into pieces, then put them in water to remove some starch.

3. Heat oil in the pot, then stir-fry the meat pieces to release oil, and then remove the excess oil.

4. Put the remaining oil in the potDoubanjiangFry until red oil appears, then add old soy sauce and sugar to evenly color the meat.

5. Then add an appropriate amount of water to cover the meat, add star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for half an hour.

6. Then add the potato pieces, simmer until the potatoes are soft and cooked, then remove from the pot.

Home-style braised pork with potatoes

Ingredients

Potatoes, fatty and lean porkScallions, ginger, cinnamon, star anise, white wine, bay leaves, old soy sauceSoy sauceRedWhite sugarSalt, appropriate amount of fragrant oil.Steps

1. Wash and slice the pork belly, then stir-fry the pork in a small amount of oil in a pot.

2. After stir-frying until slightly yellow, add red and white sugar to color, then add all the spices to fragrance.

3. Then add white wine, old soy sauce, and soy sauce, stir-fry to color, add an appropriate amount of water to cover the pork.

4. Over

medium heat, bring to a boil and remove the foam, then cover and simmer for about 40 minutes.5. Then add the cut potatoes, after the potatoes are soft and cooked, add salt and fragrant oil to thicken and remove from the pot.Seaweed

Braised pork with potatoes

Ingredients1 pound of pork belly, appropriate amount of seaweed, 2 potatoes, appropriate amount of ginger, old soy sauce, soy sauce, star anise, cinnamon, salt.

Steps

1. Soak the seaweed for half a day, peel and cut the potatoes into pieces, and cut the pork belly into pieces.

2. Heat a small amount of oil in the pot, then stir-fry the pork belly over low heat until it turns yellow and releases oil, then add scallions and ginger to stir-fry.

3. Then add potatoes to stir-fry, add old soy sauce and soy sauce to mix, then add star anise, cinnamon, and ginger. After that, add hot water and simmer for half an hour.

4. Then add the potatoes and stir-fry, simmer for 10 minutes, add water as needed, and stir until the potatoes are soft. Remove from the pot.

Tips

Potatoes are easy to break when cooked, so don't stir too much during cooking.

Sichuan-style braised pork with potatoes

Ingredients

Appropriate amount of pork belly, star anise, potatoes, a little cinnamon,

Pepper, doubanjiang, red bell pepper, appropriate amount of sugar, appropriate amount of hot water.

Steps

1. Wash the pork belly and cut it into pieces after boiling it in a pot, then wash and cut it again.2. Heat oil in the pot, then stir-fry the sugar to form caramel over low heat, then stir-fry the pork belly.3. After coloring, add doubanjiang, pepper, star anise, and cinnamon to mix, then add hot water and simmer for half an hour.

4. Then add potatoes and stir-fry, simmer for 10 minutes, add red bell pepper to taste and stir gently before removing from the pot.

Tips

If you don't know how to make caramel, you can use soy sauce to color.

3. After coloring, stir in Douban sauce, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and cinnamon, then add hot water and simmer for half an hour;

4. Then add potatoes and stir, simmer for 10 minutes, add water if necessary, and add red bell pepper circles when the potatoes are soft, stir gently and serve.

Tips

If you don't know how to make sugar color, you can use braising.Soy sauceColoring.