Red Cooked Pork

There's no dish more famous in Shanghai than Red Cooked Pork, yes, the name in translation is horrible. But what can you do? At least the dish tastes good.

Red Cooked Pork is the dish that any self-respecting Shanghainese housewife knows how to cook. And there are so many variations and every family has it's own thing. Kinda like how fried chicken is treated in the South.

Anyway, the basic includes:

pork bellies
lite soy sauce for taste
dark soy sauce for color
rock sugar for the caramelized sugary, savory taste
ginger and scallion

that's it.

Now, there are always ways to improve upon the classic... why not add fried tofu to absorb some of that porky good sauce? and traditionally eggs are also added to stretch the meal and also provide a different texture contrast. But eggs can be boring and they are huge so that means the flavor never really reach the center. So why not add quail eggs? Who doesn't love quail eggs? They are so poppable, just like pringles!!

Being me, I also added some sake to bring out the heavenly scent of meat cooked with wine... now THAT'S love.