Braised Pork Leg Recipe

Summary

Preparation Time5 MinCooking Time40 Min
Ready In45 MinDifficulty LevelEasy
Health IndexHealthyServings4
CuisineCourse
MethodMain Ingredient
Interest Group

Ingredients

 1 pork leg, about 1 kg (2 lb)
 Light soy sauce2 Tablespoon
 Oil for deep frying
 Chicken stock12 Cup (16 tbs)
 Dark soy sauce2 Teaspoon
 Ginger30 Gram, sliced
 White pepper powder1 Teaspoon
 Oil1 Tablespoon (Vegetable Garnish:)
 Baby bok choy pieces10 , blanched (Vegetable Garnish:)
 Salt1/2 Teaspoon (Vegetable Garnish:)
 1/4 teaspoon white pepper powdeer
 Sesame oil1/4 Teaspoon (Vegetable Garnish:)

Directions

GETTING READY
1) In a large pan of water, simmer the pork leg for 30 minutes.
2) Drain, pat dry and rub the skin with 1 tablespoon of the light soy sauce.
3) Set aside in order to dry completely.

MAKING
4) In a wok, heat some oil, and put in the pork leg to fry over very high heat, until it turns brown.
5) Remove, drain and put pork leg in a large bowl of cold water for 10 minutes.
6) Combine all the stock of remaining tablespoon of light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, ginger and pepper.
7) Add the pork leg and simmer over very low heat for about 2 hours, until the pork leg turns tender.
8) Next, remove the bone from the centre of the pork
9) On a plate, place the meat.
10) Heat 1/2 cup of the pork stock and thicken with cornflour, to pour over the pork.

FINALIZING
11) In a wok, heat some oil and add all the garnish of vegetable.
12) Add the drained, blanched cabbage, salt, pepper and sesame oil and stir fry for about 30 seconds.

SERVING
13) Place cabbage around the pork leg and serve immediately.
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