Chinese, Red Cooked Pork Belly Appetizer Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 lb. Skin-On Pork Belly , cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
• 2 quarts water
• 1 ¼ cups dry sherry, divided
• 1/3 cup sugar
• ¼ cup peanut or canola oil
• 5 star anise
• 4 to 6 dried red chiles (arbol or Korean chiles)
• 3 (1-inch) pieces fresh ginger, peeled
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 Tbsp. Chinese 5-spice powder
• 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
• Sliced green onion tops
• Crystallized ginger