Pork Belly Sliders

Name: Pork Belly Sliders
Prep time: 5 h 15 min
Cook time: 5 h 15 min
Total time: 5 h 15 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps Chinese five-spice powder; 1 Tbsp black sesame seeds, toasted; 24 smalls brioche buns; 2 larges carrots, julienned; 1 bunch cilantro, roughly chopped; 1 Tbsp cumin seeds, toasted; 8 large slices fresh ginger root; 4 cloves garlic, crushed; 59 milliliters honey; 1 Tbsp jalapeno, chopped, with seeds; 1 juice of lime; 79 milliliters light soy sauce; 1 bunch mint, roughly chopped; 1 heads napa cabbage, sliced very thinly; 59 milliliters olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 907 grams pork belly; 1 heads red cabbage, sliced very thinly; 1 red onion, sliced very thinly; 118 milliliters rice wine vinegar; 3 Tbsps sesame oil; 5 shallots, chopped; 79 milliliters mushroom soy sauce; 8 star anise; 118 milliliters rock sugar, crushed; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 473 milliliters water; 1 Tbsp white sesame seeds, toasted; 59 milliliters Chinese cooking wine

Pork Belly Sliders might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe makes 24 servings with 328 calories, 6g of protein, and 26g of fat each. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 5 hours and 15 minutes. A mixture of soy sauce, cumin seeds, onion, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Combine all of the vegetables and wet ingredients in separate bowls.

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Vegetable

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Bowl

Add the wet ingredients to the vegetables, cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours. For the Pork Belly: Bring a large pot of water to a boil and place the pork belly in to boil for 20 minutes.

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Pork Belly

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Water

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Pot

Remove and allow to cool.

Cut into 3-inch cubes and thoroughly dry with paper towel. In a heavy bottom pot melt the rock sugar and vegetable oil, stirring constantly.Once the sugar starts to caramelize and turn light brown add the pork cubes and brown on all sides.

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Vegetable Oil

Sugar

Pork

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Paper Towels

Pot

Add the ginger, shallot, garlic, onion and fry for 8-10 minutes until vegetables soften.

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Shallot

Garlic

Ginger

Onion

Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cover with a tight-fitting lid. Braise for 3-4 hours until the pork belly is tender.

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Pork Belly

Remove the pork belly from the braising liquid to a cutting board and roughly chop, removing most of the skin and some of the larger fat chunks. To serve: split each brioche bun and fill with pork belly chunks and sesame slaw.

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Brioche Bun