Braised Pork Belly Noodle Soup

Braised Pork Belly Noodle Soup (扣肉粉) is a dish that I had at least a thousand times and the dish that I miss the most ever since I live abroad. The reason it took me this long to share this recipe is that it is not well known. I was worried that the youtube algorithm won’t promote it as much, but you know what? It is so delicious that it deserves attention.

INGREDIENTS

To blanch the pork belly
2 lbs (900 grams) of pork belly
4 slices of ginger
3 tbsp of Chinese cooking wine (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/Shao-xing-ooking-wine)
1 tsp of Sichuan peppercorns (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/sichuan-peppercorns)
2.5 liters (10 cups) of water
2 tsp of dark soy sauce to color the pork (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/dark-soy-sauce)

For the spice bag

4 slices of dried sand gingers (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/sand-ginger)
2 cloves (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/dried-cloves)

A small cinnamon stick (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/cinamon-sticks-8oz)

1/2 of a black cardamom (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/black-cardamom)

1 star anise (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/star-anise)
3 bay leaf (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/bay-leaves)

A small piece of dried galangal (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/dried-galanga)

3 pieces of dried chili (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/red-dried-chilies)
2 tsp of Sichuan peppercorns (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/sichuan-peppercorns)
1/4 tsp of fennel seeds (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/fennel-seed)
5 slices of ginger
2 scallions
4 cloves of garlic

The seasonings for the braising

1/2 cup of soy sauce (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/light-soy-sauce)
1/2 cup of Chinese cooking wine (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/Shao-xing-ooking-wine)
2.5 tsp of dark soy sauce (Amazon Link - https://geni.us/dark-soy-sauce)
1 tbsp of sugar
2 liters (8 cups) of water
2.5 tsp of salt or to taste

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