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Red-cooked pork belly served with thickened braising sauce
Red cooking , also called Chinese stewing , red stewing, red braising , or flavor potting, is a slow braising Chinese cooking technique that imparts a reddish-brown coloration to the prepared food. Red cooking is popular throughout most of northern, eastern, and southeastern China.
There are two types of red cooking:
Types
Red-cooked ribs
Ham hock
Soy sauce (usually a mix of light and dark soy sauce ), fermented bean paste , red fermented tofu or rock sugar is commonly used to both flavor and impart a reddish brown hue to the items being cooked. Food coloring is sometimes added for a more intense red coloration. Both lu and hongshao are forms of stewing or braising characterized by usage of soy sauce, Chinese rice wine (Shaoxing wine , huangjiu etc.) and rock sugar. Whole spices (star anise , black cardamom (caoguo ), cassia or fennel seeds) or five-spice powder are crucial elements in these dishes but are used in moderation so that their flavors do not overwhelm the main ingredients.
Red-cooked stews may be heavy in meat content or contain a variety of meats, vegetables, and hard-boiled eggs . Such dishes may be served hot or cold, and the sauce or stock is often reused as master stock .
See also
References
Charmaine Solomon's Encyclopedia of Asian Food , Charmaine Solomon, 1998, Tuttle, ISBN 962-593-417-0
Chinese Cooking for Dummies , Martin Yan , 2000, For Dummies, ISBN 0-7645-5247-3
Martin Yan's Invitation to Chinese Cooking , Martin Yan, 2000, Bay Books, ISBN 1-57959-504-9
Xiandai Hanyu Cidian (Modern Chinese Dictionary) , Shang Wu Press, Beijing, 1996, ISBN 7-100-01777-7
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