red braised pork

Caramelized Chinese pork

Red braised pork is a Chinese dish of pork belly slowly cooked in soy sauce, sugar, and rice wine until tender and deeply caramelized.

The name refers to the reddish-brown color the meat takes on from the braising liquid.

It's a homestyle comfort food particularly associated with Hunan and Shanghai cuisines: She made red braised pork the way her grandmother did.

Related

ginger · scallions · fatty · Shanghai · Shanghainese · comfort food · glossy · sticky · umami · five spice · rice wine · claypot · low and slow · slow-cooked · succulent · grandma's recipe · Mao · Hunan

Categories
Opposites
cooking method

red braised porkchar siu

Cantonese honey-roasted pork

crispy pork belly · raw fish · sashimi · roast pork · cold cuts

flavor profile

red braised porksteamed fish

Seafood cooked by vapor

congee · plain rice · pickled vegetables · hot and sour soup · lemon chicken

regional Chinese cuisine style

red braised porkdim sum

Chinese small-plate tradition

Family

pork, redden, reddish, redder, reddest, redness, reds, braise, braised

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G