instant pot honey braised pork belly

用料  

instant pot honey braised pork belly的做法  

1. ---- prep -----
   soak pork belly in room temp water for 20min
   
   OR
   
   blanch pork belly with Shaoxing and ginger to remove foams

2. prep:
   slice ginger, cut onion to cube

3. ----- saute ------
   1. turn on saute，add oil and sugar to caramelize
   
   2. add pork belly,
   
   3. add dark soy sauce till the meat turn red
   
   4. add scallion and ginger
   
   5. add some boiling water
   
   6. add salt (3g = 1/2 tsp)
   
   * it's okay if it tastes salty, add sugar to balance it out

4. ---- 2016 recipe for the saute step -----
   Pour in 1tbsp shaoxing wine, 1 tsp malt vinegar, 1.5 tbsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce, and 4 cubes of rock sugar

5. ---- stew ------
   add in hot boiling water to the pot
   
   Manual- high pressure- for 12 mins
   
   
   * could add potato, frozen tofu, boiled egg in at this step

6. ---- thicken the sauce ----
   turn on saute, thicken the sauce for 5 mins
   
   * could add thin tofu sheet in at this stage

7. ------ spinoff stew -----
   cumulate the juice after thickening each time; add napa cabbage and stew away!