Steamed Pork Belly with Shrimp Paste 虾酱蒸五花肉

This Steamed Pork Belly with Shrimp Paste is a super simple recipe that is often cooked in my home.  It’s a savoury and sweet dish that especially goes well with white rice. I marinate the pork belly with some seasoning to get rid of the frozen meat smell before mixing in the shrimp paste sauce, to get a tasty dish after steaming.

Shrimp paste has a very strong pungent smell and taste, but once it is cooked with meat, either steamed or fried like the popular deep fried chicken wings 虾酱鸡, the smell will subside and it’ll be a most delicious and fragrant dish on the table.  Shrimp paste is very versatile and you can use it to create a delicious dish with fish or pork ribs.

Steamed Pork Belly with Shrimp Paste

A savoury and sweet dish that especially goes well with white rice

Author Ann Low

Prep Time 1 hour hr

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 12 minutes mins

Cuisine Asian, Chinese

Ingredients

 

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• 350 g pork belly
• some shredded ginger
• some cut chillies
• some cut spring onion

Seasoning for Pork Belly

• 1/2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine - hua tiao chiew
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp light soy sauce
• dash of pepper
• 1/2 tbsp corn starch
• 1/2 tbsp water
• 1/2 tbsp corn oil

Shrimp Paste Sauce

• 1/2 tbsp shrimp paste
• 1/2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine - hua tiao chiew
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp light soy sauce
• 1/4 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp water
• 2 slices ginger

Instructions

 

• Slice pork belly thinly (about 3mm) and marinate with the seasoning for about an hour or longer in the refrigerator.
• Mix the shrimp paste together. In a small pot, heat up little oil with 2 slices ginger. Then pour in the sauce and stir well to light boil. Off heat and leave sauce to cool.
• Pour shrimp paste sauce onto pork belly, mix well; spread it out flat on plate then top with shredded ginger and chillies Then steam over rapidly boiling water for about 12 minutes in the under boiling hot water.
• Garnish with cut spring onion and serve immediately.

Notes

For neat cutting of the pork belly -  place the pork inside the freezer for about 45-60 minutes. So the meat is firm enough to slice thinly with a sharp knife. Put the meat back into the freezer until it's firmer, if you have trouble slicing.

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