♡芋头扣肉 Stewed Pork Belly with Taro♡

第二次尝试做**芋头扣肉**, 
芋香肉软入口即化,大人小孩都喜欢!
就是喜欢这加了少许红枣的味道~
谢谢 Elaine Chua aka 小蚂蚁 漂亮的分享。

芋头扣肉
材料:
五花肉  500克
芋头  1个
蒜末  1大匙
小葱头末  2大匙
红枣  5颗,去籽剁碎
香菜叶  少许　（点缀用）

调味料:
南乳  2块
五香粉  1小匙
糖  2茶匙
冰糖  3-4小粒
麻油  少许
绍兴酒  1大匙
盐  1茶匙
黑酱油  1小匙
水  3/4碗   (我用公鸡碗来量)


做法:
1.先烧热一锅水再把五花肉放入,汆烫十五分钟。捞起五花肉,在肉面和猪皮用叉子刺小洞。
2.芋头和五花肉切片约1公分厚度,再将五花肉涂上黑酱油上色。
3.芋头用油炸至金黄色,捞起备用。 
4.再用少许油,小火把已上色的切片五花肉煎至金黄色,捞起,浸入冷水以去掉多余的油份。
5.爆香蒜,葱末,加入所有调味料,红枣和水。待酱汁滚开后加入五花肉焖煮五分钟,取出备用。
6.准备铁碗,将肉片和芋头相隔排列,猪皮朝下,排列完成后将剩余的酱汁一起倒入。存入冰箱一夜,让它更加入味!
7.隔天要蒸芋头扣肉时,先从冰箱取出一阵子。
8.烧开一锅水,水开后再把芋头扣肉放入,隔水以中小火蒸一小时或以上直到肉软。
9.将芋头扣肉倒扣在盘子上，铺上少许香菜叶点缀，即可趁热享用。
**家婆的建议可以加入写香菇碎，一起炒香味道更加！


Stewed Pork Belly with Taro
Ingredients:
500g pork belly
1 medium size Yam
2 tablespoon chopped garlic
2 tablespoon chopped shallots
5 red dates, removed seeds & chopped

Seasoning:
2 pieces fermented red beancurd
1 teaspoon five spices powder
2 teaspoon sugar
3-4 small pieces rock sugar
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon Shao Xing wine
salt to taste
1 teaspoon dark soya sauce
3/4 bowl water

Steps:
1.Blanch the pork belly in a pot of boiled water for 15 minutes, drained and poke holes on  the pork belly.
2.Slice the yam and pork belly for about 1 cm thick. Apply some dark soya sauce on the pork belly. 
3.Fried the sliced yam until golden color, drained and set aside. 
4.Fried the pork belly until golden color too. Soak the pork belly into the water to remove the oil.
5.Saute chopped garlic, chopped shallots until fragrance. Add in seasoning, chopped red dates and water. Bring it to boil. Once it is boiling, add in pork belly to stew for a while then off the heat.
6.With a steam bowl, lay the pork belly and yam pieces by pieces, which pork skin must facing down, once it is done, pour in remain gravy, covered with wrapping plastic and chill in the fridge a night for better taste.
7.In the next day, take out from the fridge for about half an hour before stewing.
8.Boil  pot of water, put in the pork belly with yam into the pot. Steamed for about one an hour or until the pork belly getting soft.
9.Place a big plate in the top of the steam bowl, flip the plate quickly and take out the steam bowl. Garnish with some lettuce leaf and it is ready for served
**Suggestion from Mom in law~ add in some chopped mushroom will be more tasty and aromatic.