Chinese Five Spice Braised Pork Belly With Lotus Root and Steamed Yucca

Ingredients

• additional brown sugar to thicken liquid
• 2 Tbsps canola oil
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 4 cloves
• 2 large garlic
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 jalapeno
• 58 ml light soy sauce
• 453.59 g lotus root (1 pound)
• 120 g pork belly (0.5 cup)
• 120 g shaohsing rice cooking wine (0.5 cup)
• some salt
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 shallot (116 ml, 0.5 cup)
• 2 Tbsps dark soy sauce
• 100 g star anise (0.5 cup)
• 946.35 ml yellow white rock sugar (4 cups)
• 2 small cooked yucca