Redcookedporkchops Recipes

RED COOKED PORK (HONG SHAO ROU): GRANDMA'S VERSION

Steps:

• Start by cutting up your pork belly.
• Then fill a pot with cold water and submerge your eggs. Put the pot on the stove and gently bring it to a boil. Once it's boiling, boil the eggs for 5 minutes. Take them out and put them into a bowl of ice water to cool for 5 minutes before peeling.
• After that's done, boil some more water in a large pot. Add the pork to the boiling water and blanch for about 3 minutes to get rid of excess fat and other impurities. Drain and rinse the meat.
• Make sure your wok is clean and dry. Over medium low heat, add about 3 tablespoons of sugar to the dry wok (no oil) and toss the sugar around. You'll see it start to turn an amber color. Let it melt until it becomes almost a syrup.
• Add the meat to the pan in 1 layer (still no oil necessary). Let the meat brown on all sides, about 10 minutes.
• Then add ½ cup shaoxing wine, 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce, 2 tablespoons regular soy sauce and a cup of water. Stir.
• Cover the wok and simmer over medium-low heat for 1 hour. Check it periodically to make sure that it's not too dry, adding a little water when necessary.
• By then, your eggs should be cooled off. Peel them and score them lengthwise to let the sauce into the crevices of each hard-boiled egg. Add them to the pan and gently coat them in the sauce, being careful not to break them up. Simmer for another 15 minutes (add water if needed) and then take the eggs out of the pan. Taste the sauce at this point for salt. If it needs a little more, add a dash of soy sauce 1 teaspoon at a time, until it's right. We found that you didn't need much more beyond the initial 2 tablespoons, but use your own judgment.
• Then add your tofu and stir in gently. Simmer for another 20 minutes.
• Give everything another stir and add your eggs back in.

RED-COOKED PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Mix together all ingredients except the pork chops.
• Add pork and coat both sides with marinade and marinate in refrigerator for 2-4 hours.
• Drain chops, discarding marinade.
• Place in baking dish and roast at 400F in the oven for 20-25 minutes or grill over direct heat for 8-10 minutes, turning once.

PORK CHOPS IN RED SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Heat a large lightly oiled skillet over medium-high heat. Brown pork chops on both sides.
• Place pork chops in a casserole dish and cover with sliced onions. Dissolve bouillon cube in hot water and mix with tomato soup. Pour soup mixture over pork chops.
• Cover casserole and bake in preheated oven for 1 hour.

THE EMBERS ORIGINAL 1# PORK CHOP

Steps:

• Marinating Sauce:.
• Take soy sauce, water, brown sugar, molasses and salt - mix together in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Let cool.
• Put chops in a pan with bone side up.
• Pour marinade over the pork chops and let stand overnight in refrigerator.
• Take chops out of marinade, place in baking pan and cover tightly with foil.
• Put in 375 degree oven and bake until tender - about 2 hours.
• Red Sauce.
• While chops are baking, combine all red sauce ingredients in heavy saucepan or double boiler.
• Mix well - leaving no lumps.
• Bring all ingredients to a slight boil.
• After chops are tender, remove from oven and dip in red sauce.
• Take chops after dipping and place in baking pan and bake for 30 minutes in 350 degree oven or until slightly glazed.
• Both sauces can be reused if brought to a boil and stored in refrigerator or frozen.
• For an extra flavor keep at room temperature until you are ready to put on a charcoal pit or grill. Have grill as high as possible from coals, not a large bed of coals is needed. Place finished chops on grill, let cook slowly, a little blacking does not hurt chops -- grilling should not take more than 15 minutes.

PORK CHOPS WITH RED CABBAGE

Steps:

• For Cabbage--.
• Heat oil in skillet over medium heat.
• Add cabbage, onion, apple, garlic and marjoram and cook until tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in balsamic vinegar.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• For Pork--.
• Heat oil in another skillet over medium high heat.
• Season pork chops with salt and pepper.
• Rub with marjoram.
• Add pork chops to skillet and fry until cooked through, turning once, about 6 minutes.
• Transfer cabbage to platter.
• Place pork chops atop cabbage.
• In skillet pork chops were cooked in add chicken broth and balsamic vinegar.
• Stir with wooden spoon, scraping up any browned bits.
• Pour sauce over pork and serve.