Hong Shao Rou (Red Braised Pork Belly)

Ingredients

• 1 kg pork belly, cut into 2 ½ centimetre cubes
• 2 spring onions, chopped into 3cm pieces
• 1cm piece of ginger, sliced
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1/3 cup Shao Xing wine
• 2 cups reserved blanching liquid
• 4 ½ tbsp soy sauce
• 2 cm piece of ginger, sliced
• 3 spring onions, chopped into 3cm pieces
• 2 star anise