Red-simmered whole pork

Yield: 8 Servings

Measure Ingredient
1 \N 3-lb pork shoulder
2 slices Fresh ginger root
2 \N Scallion stalks
1 cup Soy sauce
3 cups Water
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Sugar

1. Place pork in a heavy pan. Slice ginger root; cut scallion stalks in 2-inch sections and add.

2. Add water, soy sauce and salt. Bring to a boil; then simmer, covered, 1 hour. Turn meat over; simmer, covered, 1 hour more.

3. Add sugar; simmer, covered, another 30 minutes. Let pork cool; then slice thin. Reheat gravy and pour over meat.

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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