Chinese Red Cooked Pork
Soy sauce and red wine give this dish its color. Star anise is a star-shaped pod native to China. It infuses a sweet, licorice flavor to the dish, but can be omitted. Serve pork with steamed broccoli, bok choy, or asparagus.
Soy sauce and red wine give this dish its color. Star anise is a star-shaped pod native to China. It infuses a sweet, licorice flavor to the dish, but can be omitted. Serve pork with steamed broccoli, bok choy, or asparagus.
This is a wonderful, fragrant dish that has become a part of our regular dinner rotation. I've made one improvement to the dish. The recipe suggests serving with steamed broccoli. When I did this the first time I noticed that our plates had a pile of rice, pork and broccoli. After that, I have started adding the broccoli to the pot the last 5-7 minutes of cooking. It adds flavor to the broccoli and balance to the presentation. Also, I couldn't find star anise but instead use anise seed (about 2 teaspoons). This spice is key to the dish.
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