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Ingredients

• Ingredients for Braised Pork Belly: (serves 2)
• 1 pound – pork belly or shoulder, cut into 4-5″ pieces
• 1 lotus root
• 2 smalls yucca, steamed
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/2 cup ShaoHsing Rice Cooking wine
• 4 cups water
• 1/2 cup dark soy sauce
• 1/4 cup light soy sauce
• 1/2 cup rock sugar (yellow or white)
• additional brown sugar to thicken liquid
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 shallot, chopped
• 1 jalapeno, chopped
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 tablespoons star anise
• 2 large ginger slices
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• salt to taste