Lu Rou Fan (Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice Bowl)

Ingredients

• 1 lb skin-on pork belly ((450g, cut into 1/2” pieces))
• 2 teaspoons oil
• 0.9 oz. rock sugar ((25g, or about 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar))
• 1 small onion or a couple of shallots ((diced))
• 8 shiitake mushrooms ((diced into 1/2” pieces))
• 1/4 cup shaoxing wine ((60 ml))
• 3 tablespoons light soy sauce ((45 ml))
• 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce ((30 ml))
• 2 cups water ((475 ml))
• 4 hardboiled eggs ((peeled, optional))
• 3 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 cloves
• 3 bay leaves
• 2 teaspoons Sichuan peppercorns
• 2 pieces dried tangerine peel
• 2 slices fresh ginger