Home Cooked Salted Fish Pork Belly

It maybe quite difficult to get this in restaurants as many restaurants do not serve this dish. I am not sure of the reason but I guess that this dish is not common or popular. Anyway, I loved this dish and thus I cooked myself salted fish pork belly (home cooked style) for dinner with my family.

Ingredients:

  • pork belly.
  • salted fish.
  • onion (big ones).
  • ginger.
  • garlic.
  • dry chili.
  • spring onion or scallion.
  • white soy sauce.
  • black soy sauce.
  • abalone sauce.
  • oyster sauce.
  • black vinegar.
  • black pepper.
  • white pepper.
  • corn flour.
  • sugar.
  • salt (pinch of salt).
  • Chinese wine.
  • water.

Marinate

  • slice pork belly.
  • white soy sauce.
  • black vinegar.
  • abalone sauce.
  • oyster sauce.
  • pinch of salt.
  • black pepper.
  • 2 slices of ginger.
  • corn flour.
    • mixed well and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Cooking Salted Fish

  • heat oil in pan.
  • add garlic.
  • add salted fish.
    • stir fry till fragrant.
    • keep aside.
    • leave oil in pan for next step cooking.

Next Step Cooking

  • heat up the same oil in pan again.
  • add garlic.
  • add dry chili.
  • add ginger (slice).
  • add onions (strips).
    • stir fry till fragrant.
  • add pork belly.
  • add spring onion.
  • add black soy sauce (for colouring).
    • stir fry till pork is cooked.
  • add water (till cover all ingredients including the pork).
  • add corn flour (1st dilute corn flour in water).
  • add white pepper.
  • add sugar (small tea spoon, not too sweet).
    • stir and simmer for 5 mins (low heat).
  • add salted fish.
    • stir and simmer again for 5 to 10 mins (low heat).
    • observe water level so it doesn’t overcooked.

Serve this dish with rice and while it is hot.

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