When I was shopping at HongKong Supermarket in Flushing,one of the Weekly Special item is Pork Belly a.k.a " 5 Far Lum".I bought a big piece weight it's almost 3 pound,I also request for my meat to be chop in small pieces.And again I ask for another bigger piece,no chop,this one,thinking to make pork crackling .Just thinking ..huh!!.

I know,I know... 5 Far Lum have a lot of fats and it's not good for our heart but I seldom buy this part of meat.I'm thinking hard...eeerr... what should I cook with this 5 Far Lum??.Mui Choy Kow Yoke or Woo Tau Kow Yoke?.Then I go to look inside my fridge,found 2 pieces of tofu,sitting on the shelf.Actually,I just want to buy one piece to make Hot and Sour Soup for Elliot but one lady told me that the price tag written 3 pcs for $1.00.Alright,so I scoop out 3 pieces in a Styrofoam box.I just use one piece for the soup,what should I do with another 2 pieces?.Here come this "Hong Bak" image flashing across my mind.

I remember my mom cook this dish for every Chinese festival.It's very easy to prepare and cook this dish.I use my pressure cooker for the meat,it's less than 15 minutes cooking time,the meat is so soft and buttery.Of course,I only eat the lean meat not the fats.I just remove the fats part,guess what make this dish taste good!! the fat,right!!..ahhhaa!!.That is what we called comfort food!!

Here is my own recipe....eeeerrhh...actually version of my mom

Ingredients

3 lbs of Pork Belly(chop small ,wash and clean)

2 pc of Bean Curd-optional ( cut to 4 small pc and pan fried)

6 pc of egg ( Hard Boiled egg)

3 tsp of sugar

1/4 tsp of salt

2 tsp of soy sauce(Lee Kum Kee brand)

2 tsp of dark soy sauce ( Yuan Chuen caramel sauce)

10 cloves of fresh garlic( peel)

Method:

Heat up pressure cooker with 2 tsp of oil.Add peel garlic and stir until golden brown and fragrant.Then add pork belly into the pressure cooker,stir it evenly until fragrant.Add I cup of water,salt soy sauce,dark caramel sauce and sugar.Close the pressure cooker lid tightly and cook for 15 minutes.Prepared 6 pieces of hard boiled egg,peel of the shell.Cut tofu into 4 piece each and pan fried both side.Shut off pressure cooker stove.Release the pressure cooker air before open the cover.Add eggs and tofu with pork belly,"on" fire on the stove again for 5 minutes,let all the ingredients sit well before serve.Serve with white rice.

I prefer to use Yuen Chun caramel dark soy sauce for this dish.You need a good quality dark soy sauce to make" Hong Bak".For those who can't get this brand in their local store,you can always go to mytasteofasia .For those who are not a pork lover,you can always substitutes for beef or chicken.It's a simple and easy meal to make for your family especially those with children.Mishu like the gravy with her rice.She keep asking for gravy,thinking it's soup.