Pork With Star Anise Recipes

PORK SHANK WITH STAR ANISE

Steps:

• Put the pork into a mixing bowl, and pour the soy sauce over it. Turn the meat in the soy sauce and let it stand at least one hour.
• Heat the 3 cups of oil in a wok or skillet over high heat and add the meat. Set the soy sauce aside. Cook the meat, turning in the oil and spooning the oil over, about 3 or 4 minutes until nicely browned.
• Transfer the meat to a heat-proof casserole, preferably one made of clay or earthenware. Pour over it the reserved soy sauce, and add the sugar, wine, star anise and 6 cups of the water. Cover tightly and bring to a boil. Cook over moderately high heat about 1 1/2 hours. Turn the pork often as it cooks. Lift the lid of the pot and partly cover.
• Continue cooking about 30 minutes, and add about 4 more cups of water. Partly cover and continue cooking about 1 1/2 hours. To test for doneness, insert a chopstick inside the meaty part of the shank. If it pierces evenly, the meat is done. Otherwise, continue cooking up to 30 minutes longer or until done.
• If the spinach is sandy, rinse well and drain.
• Heat remaining two tablespoons of oil in a wok or skillet and add the spinach. Cook, stirring, about 90 seconds, turning the spinach over and over until totally wilted.
• Arrange the spinach on a serving dish. Arrange the pork shank on top in the center. Spoon the sauce over. Cut the meat into individual portions and serve

DONNA'S CHINESE SIMMERED STAR ANISE PORK

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium skillet over low heat. Add ginger, and cook for 1 minute. Add wine, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sugar, and star anise; bring to a simmer. Add pork, and cover. Cook until tender, 5 to 7 minutes per side.
• Remove pork, and keep warm. Allow sauce to simmer until reduced and thickened. Cut pork into 1-inch slices. Spoon sauce over pork, and serve with steamed rice and bok choy.

PORK CHOPS WITH STAR ANISE, SLOW COOKED

Steps:

• Heat oil in a Dutch oven or heavy bottomed pot and brown chops.
• At the same time combine, stock, wine, soy, sugar, star anise, 5-spice, sambel, honey and garlic.
• Pour over the chops and bring to the boil.
• Then cover and cook very very slow for 1-1/4 hours until very tender, turning once or twice.
• Serve over boiled rice garnished with the coriander or green chopped onions.
• Steamed Asian greens on the side is nice.

PORK STEW WITH STAR ANISE

Steps:

• Brown the pork in a fireproof casserole dish or large saucepan. Its best to do this in two batches so it browns rather than braises.
• Add the onion to all the pork and fry it all until the onions are translucent.
• Add the rest of the ingredients, cover with water and bring to the boil. Once boiling reduce heat to a minimum, cover and simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• When theres half an hour to go give it a taste and season if needed. If the stew looks too watery at this point, leave the lid off so that it can reduce to your desired consistency. Be careful not to let it dry out when doing this.
• Serve with your prefered carb. I like to have it with some buttery mash!

SWEET SOY PORK W STAR ANISE KOREAN-STYLE

Steps:

• Directions:.
• In a large pot over high heat, place the pork chunks with a few bay leaves. Let boil for about 10 minutes and drain under running cold water.
• With a skewer, poke the chunks of meat to tenderize the inside of the meat before marinating.
• Combine the pork with the l liter of Pepsi in a large bowl. Cover and let marinate for at least an hour (the longer the better).
• Rinse the pork and place in a large pot. Add the water with sauce ingredients and lemongrass. Cook on medium heat for about 20~25 minutes while occasionally coating the meat with sauce.
• Add in potatoes, mushrooms, and carrots, cooking for another 15 minutes on low heat. Discard lemongrass stalks.
• Near the end when most of the broth should have thickened or evaporated, add some sesame oil.
• Serve on a platter as main course. If you have extra sauce leftover (that hasn't evaporated) I recommend mixing and eating with rice.
• Garnish with pine nuts or green onion.