Weekly Recipe: Red Braised Pork Belly With Rice Cakes From Grandma's Home NYC

A true taste of China is coming to New York City, and our readers can get a sample before anyone else in the world.

Grandma’s Home is an established hit in China. The Hangzhou-style restaurant boasts more than 200 locations in 60 cities throughout the country, serving traditional homestyle cooking to happy customers in the thousands.

Now, Grandma’s Home opens its first location Stateside in Manhattan. The family-owned and operated eatery makes the move with Julia Zhu, daughter of one of Grandma’s Home founders.

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To get folks excited, Grandma’s Home shares its recipe for Hong Shao Rou, or red braised pork belly with rice cakes below.

You don’t have to be in NYC to enjoy these Hangzhou flavors, but if you are in NYC, make sure you stop by Grandma’s Home from March 18 onward!

Hong Shao Rou (Red Braised Pork Belly) with Rice Cakes

Ingredients:

• 300g pork belly with skin on
• 20g Premium Soy Sauce
• 18g teriyaki sauce
• 18g lump candy sugar
• 13g Shao Hsing Rice Cooking Wine
• 125g pork soup stock
• 100g rice cake slices
• 10g ginger
• 10 scallions
• 1 boiled egg

Directions:

1. Choose a piece of pork belly with skin on. Look for one with an even amount of meat and fat.
2. Rinse the pork belly with cold water in a medium bowl until the water runs clear.
3. Boil the pork belly with ginger, scallions and cooking wine for 10 minutes.
4. Cool down the cooked pork belly and cut into cubes, about 2cm.
5. Using a non-stick pan with lid, pan fry the pork belly cubes until the color turns golden.
6. Add soup stock, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, lump candy, cooking wine, peeled ginger and scallions.
7. Close the lid and cook for 30 minutes on low heat.
8. After 30 minutes of cooking, open the lid, turn up the heat, add rice cake slices and braise until rice cake becomes soft and reduce the sauce until thick and sticky.
9. Remove from heat, place it in the bowl, and plate with boiled egg and chopped scallions.

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