Stewed pork leg in hoisin sauce

Name: Stewed pork leg in hoisin sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: en
Ingredients: 1 whole pork leg (cut into chunky pieces with skin intact) appx. 1kg RM16; 3 cloves garlic (chopped finely); 1 whole head of garlic bulb; 5 pieces dried chilli (soaked to soften, say for 2 hours); 10 dried chinese mushroom (soaked and washed); Large pot of water to boil; 1500 ml Warm water; 1 tablespoon cooking oil; Seasoning (combine into a bowl); 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce; 1 tablespoon oyster sauce; 4 pieces salted plum; 2 tablespoon dark soya sauce; 2 tablespoon shao shing wine; 2 tablespoon sugar; 1 teaspoon salt

Main Dish

4 servings

20 min

2 hours

Very Easy

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It is a definite appetite wetter! The gravy gives the pork the sweet and slightly spicy flavour.

Ingredients

Number of serving: 4

1 whole pork leg (cut into chunky pieces with skin intact) appx. 1kg RM16

3 cloves garlic (chopped finely)

1 whole head of garlic bulb

5 pieces dried chilli (soaked to soften, say for 2 hours)

10 dried chinese mushroom (soaked and washed)

Large pot of water to boil

1500 ml Warm water

1 tablespoon cooking oil

Seasoning (combine into a bowl)

3 tablespoons hoisin sauce

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

4 pieces salted plum

2 tablespoon dark soya sauce

2 tablespoon shao shing wine

2 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Bring water in large pot to boil. Add pork and allow it to cook in boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove pork leg from water and drain.
Heat up oil in wok on medium heat, saute garlic till aromatic. Add in pork leg, mushrooms and dried chilli.
Turn up heat to high and add in the combined seasoning, stir well to coat the pork leg.
Then, add in the whole garlic bulb and fill up water to just cover the pork leg.
Let it stew on medium low heat for at least 1 hour.
Allow gravy to reduce to your prefered thickness.