Tee Pon Pork

Name: Tee Pon Pork
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 kilograms boneless pork shoulder, trimmed; 79 milliliters packed brown sugar; 1 Tbsp canola oil; 2 sticks (3-inch) cinnamon; 8 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro; 2 Tbsps julienne-cut peeled fresh ginger; 118 milliliters less-sodium soy sauce; 118 milliliters Shaoxing wine or dry sherry; 1 star anise

Tee Pon Pork might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 46g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 335 calories. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. A mixture of pork shoulder, less-sodium soy sauce, julienne-cut ginger, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the ginger you could follow this main course with the Ginger Cake with Crystallized Ginger Frosting as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

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Heat oil in a Dutch oven over high heat.

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Add pork to pan; cook 5 minutes or until browned, turning frequently.

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Remove from pan; set aside.

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Combine soy sauce and the next 5 ingredients (through star anise) in pan over medium heat, and stir until sugar dissolves. Return pork to pan. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 2 1/2 hours or until pork is fork-tender. Discard cinnamon and anise. Shred meat into large pieces using 2 forks; toss with sauce.

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Sprinkle with cilantro.

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Wine note: The perfect wine for this spiced pork is a variety growing in spades in California, but few people know about it or have tasted it: barbera. One of the most important red grapes in Italy, barbera in this country has mostly disappeared into generic red wine blends--until recently. Now winemakers are capitalizing on the grape's beautifully high level of acidity (it makes a fantastic food wine) and spicy cherry flavors, and they are bottling it on its own. In the Sierra Foothills, for some reason, barbera often has an edge of cinnamon that makes a lovely link to this pork. You couldn't go wrong with the 2007 Terra d'Oro Barbera from Amador County ($18), with a rush of sweet red fruit and warm spices. --Sara Schneider

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