This Hakka Pork Belly with Preserved Mustard (Mei Cai Kou Rou in Chinese) rounds up our Chinese New Year recipe series for 2023. Mei Cai Kou Rou is a Hakka specialty dish. Due of the difficulty involved in making it, this dish is usually reserved for rare occasions like Chinese New Year. Although we have made two other videos to show you how to quickly make alternative variations of this dish at home, we decided to make it the traditional way to give you a choice and let you decide which method you want to use. Personally, I would recommend this method for Chinese New Year or special occasions since not only does the dish taste better, but it also looks better. To achieve the melt-in-your-mouth texture, you'll need to steam the pork belly over the stove for a lengthy period, so try putting it in a pressure cooker to shorten the cooking time.Other similar recipes:Simplified Recipe: Chinese Pork Belly w/ Preserved Vegetables (Mei Cai) Mui Choy Porkhttps://youtu.be/Kkn5YU3TWwoSimplified Recipe: Chinese Pork Belly w/ Preserved Vegetables (Mei Cai) Mui Choy Porkhttps://youtu.be/NqjxwY9ECMsFor your information, Hakka translates literally to "guest families" in Chinese. My father is Hakka and my mother is Hokkien, so Im half Hakka. My grandparents and other relatives left Meixian, Guangdong when they were young and settled in various places around the world. Some of them moved to Canada and Mauritus, but my grandparents settled down and raised a family in Singapore. We are a Han Chinese subgroup that is not named after a specific area or province of China, as are other Han Chinese subgroups. Our forefathers are Northern Chinese who fled the area during the Qin dynasty due to social turmoil and sought refuge in Cantonese provinces such as Guangdong and Guangxi, hence the original meaning of Hakka implies that they are guests staying in these provinces.Happy cooking!Jamie Woon signing off...See the ingredient list below for your easy reference.Hope you can recreate this yummy recipe in the comfort of your home. Happy cooking! Thanks for dropping by our channel. Please subscribe to stay tuned to our home cooking videos. Stalk us! Youtube: www.youtube.com/spicenpans Facebook www.facebook.com/spicenpans/ Instagram www.instagram.com/spicenpans TikTok www.tiktok.com/spicenpansWebsite: www.spicenpans.com Chat with us!
[email protected] Thanks for watching! See you soon.------------------ This video is brought to you by La Gourmet.You can get their products from https://heyhommies.com/spice-n-pans/Melt-in-Your-Mouth Chinese Pork Belly with Preserved Mustard Hakka Mei Cai Kou Rou RecipeIngredients:Serves 4 - 6 pax------- Poached pork belly-------------600g (21.16 oz) pork belly1 thumb-sized young ginger2 tablespoons Chinese rice wineAfter you have poked holes into the pork belly skin, coat it with premium dark soy sauce before frying it.Marinated pork belly-------------1.5 tablespoons oyster sauce1.5 tablespoons light soy sauce2 tablespoons premium dark soy sauce1 teaspoon five spice powder1 teaspoon sugar125ml (4.23 fl oz) waterA few dashes of white pepperStir fried preserved vegetables-------------1 pinkie-sized cinnamon bark1 star anise300g sweet preserved mustard (mei cai)4 cloves garlic4 slices young ginger0.5 teaspoon sugar1 tablespoon light soy sauce=== Don't know where to get the ingredients or don't know how they look like? See the links below. Oyster sauce https://amzn.to/38Udb2RLight soy sauce https://amzn.to/3tk13yLDark soy sauce https://amzn.to/3q9bXoWFive spice powder https://amzn.to/3KH3dAu---------- Residing in Singapore? Get the cooking tools that we used in our videos: La Gourmet Multicooker / Pressure Cookerhttps://www.robinsons.com.sg/products/la-gourmet-5-0l-pressure-cooker?variant=39643142062165&gclid=Cj0KCQiA8aOeBhCWARIsANRFrQGfiBmvMs_JKLVkPwi7-KVdc2PGgHizXCJjvsk-n7t21A_IXuNWk40aAtCLEALw_wcB----------------------------------- If you like this recipe, you might like these too: Picture Perfect CNY Recipe! Steamed Stuffed Luffa Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner Recipehttps://youtu.be/U8oNNnZ3UN4The Easiest CNY Dish! Braised Herbal Chicken w/ Seafood Knorr Chinese Reunion Dinner Recipehttps://youtu.be/LH_oVeVPYoESuper Easy & Tender Braised Pork w/ Mushrooms Chinese Pressure Cooker Pig Trotter Recipehttps://youtu.be/PDAcYQeXBcI----------------------------------- Disclaimer: Spice N' Pans is not related to these products and cannot guarantee the quality of the products in the links provided. Links are provided here for your convenience. We can only stand by the brands of the products we used in the video and we highly recommend you to buy them. Even then, preference can be subjective. Please buy at your own risk. Some of the links provided here may be affiliated. These links are important as they help to fund this channel so that we can continue to give you more recipes. Cheers!
