Dongpo's pork
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Dongpo pork is a Hangzhou
dish which is made by pan-frying and then red cooking
pork belly
. The pork is cut to around 2 inches square in dimensions, consisting of half fat and half lean meat. The mouth feel is oily but not greasy, with the fragrance of wine
. The dish is named after the famed Song Dynasty
poet Su Dongpo.
, in a life of poverty, he made an improvement of the traditional process. He first braised the pork, added Chinese fermented wine
and made red-braised
pork, then slowly stewed it on a low heat.
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
dish which is made by pan-frying and then red cooking
Red cooking
In Chinese cooking, Red cooking is a slow braising cooking technique that imparts a red color to the prepared food....
pork belly
Pork belly
Pork belly is a boneless cut of fatty meat derived from the belly of a pig. Pork belly is popular in Asian cuisine, and forms a part of many traditional European dishes such as the Alsatian Choucroute garnie, the Swiss Berner Platte, and the German Schlachtplatte...
. The pork is cut to around 2 inches square in dimensions, consisting of half fat and half lean meat. The mouth feel is oily but not greasy, with the fragrance of wine
Chinese wine
Jiu is the Chinese word that refers to all alcoholic beverages. This word has often been mistranslated into English as "wine"; the meaning is closer to "alcoholic beverage" or "liquor"...
. The dish is named after the famed Song Dynasty
Song Dynasty
The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...
poet Su Dongpo.
Origins
Legend has it that while Su Dongpo was banished to HangzhouHangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
, in a life of poverty, he made an improvement of the traditional process. He first braised the pork, added Chinese fermented wine
Huangjiu
Huangjiu is a type of Chinese beverage brewed directly from grains such as rice, millet, or wheat. Unlike baijiu, such liquors are not distilled, and contain less than 20% alcohol, due to the inhibition of fermentation by ethanol at that concentration...
and made red-braised
Red cooking
In Chinese cooking, Red cooking is a slow braising cooking technique that imparts a red color to the prepared food....
pork, then slowly stewed it on a low heat.