Chinese pork recipes
39 Chinese pork recipes, each written for this site and each saying what its method turns on.
- Aubergine with Minced Pork, sourced from China. Aubergine fried in long batons with pork scattered through it and a sharp sauce. Pork.
- Beggar's Chicken, sourced from China. A whole chicken wrapped in leaves, sealed inside a flour and salt casing and baked for hours, then broken open at the table. Chicken, Pork.
- Beijing Pork, sourced from China. Shredded pork in a dark sweet sauce, rolled up at the table with raw spring onion. Pork, Egg, Tofu.
- Braised Pork, sourced from China. Pork shoulder braised gently with rock sugar, with chestnuts added near the end. Pork.
- Braised Pork Belly, sourced from China. Pork belly cooked in caramelised sugar and soy until the sauce is thick enough to coat it. Pork.
- Braised Pork Ribs, sourced from China. Short ribs fried then braised in a sweet-sour sauce reduced hard until it turns sticky. Pork.
- Cantonese Pork Soup, sourced from China. Pork bones boiled three hours and skimmed, for a clear broth the meat has given everything to. Pork, Shellfish.
- Cantonese Roast Pork, sourced from China. Pork shoulder marinated a full day and roasted in strips, basted with maltose near the end. Pork, Tofu.
- Congee with Century Egg, sourced from China. Congee with salted pork and century egg, half the egg stirred in and half kept back. Pork, Egg.
- Crossing the Bridge Noodles, sourced from China. A bowl of broth under a seal of hot fat, into which raw slices and noodles are dropped at the table and cook in the bowl. Chicken, Pork, Egg.
- Dandan Noodles, sourced from China. A sauce built cold in the bottom of the bowl and never cooked, with hot noodles dropped on top and stirred up at the table. Pork.
- Dongbei Pork, sourced from China. Pork in a thick potato-starch batter, fried twice and tossed in a clear sweet-sour sauce. Pork.
- Dumpling Soup, sourced from China. Thin-skinned dumplings cooked in the broth they are served in. Pork, Shellfish.
- Dumplings, sourced from China. Pleated dumplings with a thick skin, boiled and drained, sturdy enough to fry afterwards. Pork.
- Egg Roll, sourced from China. A thick wheat wrapper around a filling cooked and cooled first, fried until blistered. Pork, Egg.
- Hakka Pork, sourced from China. Belly fried until its skin blisters, then steamed on a bed of preserved greens that take up the fat. Pork.
- Hakka Pork Soup, sourced from China. A twelve-minute soup where the pork is the point rather than the broth. Pork.
- Hakka Pork with Taro, sourced from China. Slices of belly and taro stacked alternately and steamed, then turned out as a single dome. Pork, Tofu.
- Hot and Sour Soup, sourced from China. A thickened soup where the heat is white pepper rather than chilli, and the vinegar goes in after the pan has left the stove. Chicken, Pork, Egg, Tofu.
- Hunan Pork Belly, sourced from China. Pork belly sliced and steamed for two hours over fermented beans and dried chilli. Pork.
- Hunan Pork with Green Peppers, sourced from China. Thin pork and fresh green chillies thrown together over the highest heat you have. Pork.
- Luosifen, sourced from China. A broth simmered from snails and bones for hours, where the smell everyone mentions comes from the bamboo rather than the snails. Pork, Shellfish, Tofu.
- Pig's Trotters and Ginger Vinegar Stew, sourced from China. Pig's trotters and ginger vinegar stew (豬腳薑) is a Cantonese Chinese dish traditionally prepared for new mothers, but which is now also a popular everyday dish. The main ingredients of Pig's Trotters and Ginger Vinegar Stew are: pig trotters, ginger, Chinese sweet black vinegar, eggs, salt, and oil. You want to be able to fill your pot, so actual quantities will depend on your pot. Pork, Egg.
- Popiah, sourced from China. Soft wheat skins rolled around a long-braised turnip filling, never fried, and drained hard so the skin does not go through. Pork, Shellfish, Egg, Tofu.
- Pork Knuckle, sourced from China. A whole knuckle braised three hours until the skin is sticky and the meat falls off the bone. Pork.
- Pork Tenderloin, sourced from China. Tenderloin seared whole, rested, and sliced thin across the grain. Pork.
- Shrimp with Lobster Sauce, sourced from China. Prawns in a savoury sauce set with beaten egg, containing no lobster at all. Pork, Shellfish, Egg.
- Sichuan Pork in Garlic Sauce, sourced from China. Shredded pork stir-fried fast in a sauce that is sour, sweet and hot at once. Pork.
- Siu Yuk, sourced from China. Roast pork belly where the skin blisters into hard bubbles, which takes a day of drying and then fifteen fierce minutes. Pork.
- Steamed Buns with BBQ Pork, sourced from China. This is a yeast dough bun that is stuffed with a meat filling and steamed until cooked. Chicken, Pork.
- Steamed Ground Pork, sourced from China. A single pork patty steamed flat with an egg sunk into the middle. Pork, Egg.
- Stuffed Tofu, sourced from China. Blocks of tofu hollowed and packed with a springy fish paste, fried on the cut face only and then braised. Pork, Fish, Egg, Tofu.
- Sweet and Sour Pork, sourced from China. Marinated pork fried twice and met by a red fruited sauce off the heat, so the coating is still crisp when it reaches the plate. Pork, Egg.
- Tofu with Ground Pork, sourced from China. Soft tofu in a thickened chilli bean sauce, the pork used as a seasoning rather than a filling. Pork, Tofu.
- Twice Cooked Pork, sourced from China. Pork belly simmered whole, cooled, sliced thin and then fried hard with leeks. Pork.
- Xiaolongbao, sourced from China. Steamed dumplings with soup inside them, which gets there as a cold jelly cut into cubes and folded through the filling. Pork.
- Yam Soup, sourced from China. A soup the yam itself thickens, with no starch and no long boiling. Pork.
- Zhajiangmian, sourced from China. A bean sauce fried slowly until the oil splits out and floats, served over noodles with raw vegetable shreds piled on top. Pork.
- Zongzi, sourced from China. Glutinous rice and pork tied up in bamboo leaves and boiled for hours, where the fold is the only thing stopping it unpacking itself. Pork, Egg.
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