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

Ingredients

• some additional brown sugar to thicken liquid
• 2 Tbsps canola oil
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 large ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 jalapeno
• 1/4 cup light soy sauce
• 1 lotus root
• 1 pound pork belly
• 1/2 cup shaohsing rice cooking wine
• some salt
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 shallot
• 1/2 cup dark soy sauce
• 2 Tbsps star anise
• 1/2 cup yellow white rock sugar
• 4 cups water
• 2 small cooked yucca