Chinese slow-cooked pork | Reader's Digest Asia

Ingredients

• 500 g (1 lb) lean, boneless pork loin with skin, tied firmly
• 1¾ cups (435 ml) salt–reduced chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons salt–reduced soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
• 3 star anise
• 4 French shallots (eschalots), halved
• 2 large carrots, sliced
• 6 spring onions (scallions)
• 1 cup (25 g) dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked in water to rehydrate
• 1⅓ cups (125 g) sliced oyster mushrooms
• 250 g (8 oz) dried rice stick noodles