I’m sure every Hokkien family will have their own take or recipe of Kong Bak Pau aka Braised Pork Belly Bun. This classic dish uses pork belly that is braised in a mixture of spices, soy sauce and dark soy sauce.

Learn how to make delicious braised pork belly at home with this easy recipe. Enjoy an authentic Chinese dish with rich, savory flavors.

Braising is an invaluable technique. Whichever Cook of Antiquity discovered this method has my eternal gratitude. Generally, braising involves cooking tough pieces of meat immersed in liquid until the gelatin and fibers are broken down so that the meat is tantalizingly tender. The cooking time is long and the temperature low. The meat is completely cooked through, which is why your waiter might give you a quizzical look when you ask for your Osso Buco medium-rare. Lamb shanks, oxtail, duck…

Braised Pork Belly Recipe – Authentic Chinese Dish (红烧肉)

Chinese braised pork belly, or hong shao rou, is one of the most popular dishes in China, and for good reason! Each bite melts in your mouth and explodes with the amazing flavor of the sweet and savory sauce!

Sweet and sticky, this melt in your mouth beer braised pork belly (Chinese style) is simple and easy to make and incredibly flavourful.

Bossam or Korean boiled pork belly is a classic comfort dish made of tender succulent pork belly that is boiled in various seasonings and aromatics. It is cooked low and slow, resulting in a flavorful, tender, melt-in-your-mouth bite.

Melt in mouth hongshaorou is a Chinese style braised pork belly dish. It calls basic home cooking materials and is a super rice killer.

Quick and easy soy sauce braised pork belly by Korean actor Cha Seung Won on the TV show “Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village”.

Delicious, glossy, juicy, melt-in-your-mouth pork belly with an aromatic and flavoursome sticky sauce to drizzle over many many bowls of rice! This traditional and authentic red braised pork belly (or in Chinese, 'hong shao rou') is rich, sweet, salty, savoury with an ever so subtle heat that will have you going for seconds!