China
Chairman Mao's Red-Braised Pork
毛氏红烧肉
A Hunan version of red-braised pork belly, caramelised with rock sugar and soy sauce until glossy, with chilli and star anise, Mao Zedong favourite dish.
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Guangdong, Hong Kong
Crispy Roast Pork Belly
烧肉
Pork belly salt-rubbed and air-dried, then roasted so the rind blisters into a layer of crackling above the striped fat and meat.
China
Dongpo Pork
东坡肉
A tied square of pork belly braised whole in Shaoxing wine, soy and sugar until it can be cut with a spoon, served one cube per person.
Sichuan, China
Fish-Fragrant Pork Slivers
鱼香肉丝
Slivered pork stir-fried with wood ear, bamboo shoot and pickled chilli in a sauce of vinegar, sugar, garlic and ginger — the seasoning once used for fish, with no fish in it.
Sichuan, China
Garlic Pork Belly (Suanni Bairou)
蒜泥白肉
Suanni bairou is thin-sliced boiled pork belly dressed with crushed garlic, chilli oil, and soy in a cool Sichuan plate.
China
Guo Bao Rou
锅包肉
Guo bao rou, a northeastern dish of crispy pork slices in a sweet-sour sauce with garlic.
Fujian, China
Lychee Pork
荔枝肉
A Cantonese dish of pork shaped and fried to resemble lychees, in a sweet-sour sauce with lychees.
Shandong, China
Moo Shu Pork
木樨肉
Mu xu rou, egg and wood-ear stir-fried with pork and rolled into thin pancakes, is a named northern Chinese dish and not the American takeaway version.
Guangdong, China
Pork Belly with Preserved Mustard Greens
梅菜扣肉
Meicai kourou steams pork belly upside down over preserved mustard greens, then turns out as a rich Hakka banquet dish.
China
Red-Braised Pork Belly
红烧肉
Cubes of skin-on pork belly caramelised in sugar then braised in soy, rice wine and spices until the fat is translucent and the sauce is a syrup.
Beijing, China
Shredded Pork in Sweet Bean Sauce
京酱肉丝
Pork slivers stir-fried in sweet fermented flour sauce, piled on shredded spring onion and rolled into thin tofu-skin sheets at the table.
Guangdong, China
Sweet and Sour Pork
咕噜肉
Battered pork cubes fried twice and tossed in a sauce of vinegar, sugar and preserved plum with pineapple and bell pepper.
China
Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs
糖醋排骨
Short rib pieces braised and then reduced in sugar, black vinegar and soy until the sauce lacquers each one.
Sichuan, China
Twice-Cooked Pork
回锅肉
Pork belly boiled whole, sliced thin, then returned to the wok with broad-bean paste, sweet flour paste, leeks and green garlic until the slices curl.
Jiangsu, China
Wuxi Pork Ribs
无锡排骨
A Jiangsu dish of pork ribs slow-braised in soy sauce, rock sugar, rice wine and star anise until dark, glossy and meltingly tender, distinctly sweet.