Braised Pork Belly With Coriander Leaves

This dish was very often cooked by my mom when I was a little girl.
It was my dad who taught her how to cook this dish. Ha! Ha!

Ingredients :

300g pork belly - cut into 1 cm slices

coriander leaves - cut into 2 cm length ( 2 handfuls )

1/2 tbsp minced garlic

salt

sugar

water

Marinate : ( marinate pork belly for at least 1/2 hour )

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp dark soy sauce

dash of pepper

2 tsp cornstarch

Method :

1 ) Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wok. 

2 ) Put in marinated pork belly and stir fry for 10 seconds. Then, add in minced garlic.

3 ) Stir fry till meat changes colour and aromatic.

4 ) Add in water just enough to cover the meat.

5 ) When the water starts boiling, switch to low heat, add a pinch of salt and sugar and cover wok.

6 ) Let it simmer for 5 minutes, then add in coriander leaves.

7 ) Cover wok again and simmer till meat is tender and sauce has reduce to half.

8 ) Dish up and serve hot with rice.