The dry pot is a type of Sichuan cuisine that is very similar to hotpot but without the soup. Pork belly is a common dish that people often eat, with tender meat, which is very good for making pork belly dry pot. The pork belly dry pot, in addition to pork belly, also requires other side dishes, and the cooking difficulty is generally moderate.
Method 1
1. Cut the loin into slices, marinate with scallions, garlic, cooking wine, soy sauce, salt, chicken essence, sugar, and sesame oil.
2. Cut the potatoes into slices, fry them in oil, and cut the green peppers into blocks.
3. Heat the oil, add Douban sauce, scallions, garlic, and spices to stir-fry until fragrant, then add the loin to stir-fry until done, and finally add green peppers.
4. Finally, stir-fry the potatoes, add salt, sugar, chicken essence, and sesame oil, and then remove from heat.
Method 2
1. Cut the pork belly into slices, mince the ginger and garlic, slice the green peppers, and soak the tea tree mushrooms in water in advance.
2. Heat the pot and add oil, stir-fry the pork belly slices until slightly charred, add soy sauce to stir-fry, then remove the pork belly with some oil and set aside.
3. Add some more oil to the pot, and when the oil is hot, add ginger, garlic, and dried chili peppers to stir-fry until fragrant.
4. Then add tea tree mushrooms and salt, and stir-fry. The tea tree mushrooms need to be stir-fried for a longer time, as they are soaked and contain moisture inside, which needs to be cooked dry.
5. When the tea tree mushrooms are almost cooked, add pork belly slices, green pepper shreds, and chicken essence, and stir-fry for about 2 minutes, then it’s ready to be served.
Method 3
1. Prepare the pork belly. Boil a pot of water, add two slices of ginger and a little Sichuan peppercorns, then put the whole piece of pork belly in the water and cook until it is tender, then cut the pork belly into slices when it cools down a little.
2. Peel the potatoes and cut them into potato slices twice as thick as usual. Then fry them in the pot until golden brown, or you can also fry the potato slices on both sides with a little oil in the pot. Mine is fried, but the fried potato slices are a bit soft, not as crispy as fried ones.
3. Put oil in the pot, and when the oil is hot, add sliced ginger slices, garlic slices, minced dou chi, and a half spoon of Pixian bean paste to stir-fry the red oil.
4. After the red oil is cooked, add the pork belly over medium heat and stir-fry slowly until the fatty part of the pork belly becomes transparent. This step is very important; make sure the pork belly is stir-fried to become transparent, so that the pork belly will not be greasy when eaten.
5. After the pork belly has been stir-fried to become transparent, add sliced onions and green pepper segments, stir-fry for a while, then add about 20 Sichuan peppercorns and dried chili peppers, and stir-fry until fragrant.
6. Then add a spoonful of chili oil (or Lao Gan Ma chili oil), and stir-fry for a while.
7. Add another 10 milliliters of soy sauce, a little sugar, and chicken powder, and stir-fry evenly.
8. Then add the previously prepared potatoes. Since my potatoes are fried and quite soft, they tend to break easily when stir-fried, so I carefully mix the pork belly and sauce with chopsticks, and finally add green onions. The dish is ready!