Category: braising

Braised Leeks

Everything is made better with wine and butter, isn’t it? These leeks are gently browned in butter, to seal in the flavors and caramelize the outer layers, and then slow-simmered in an aromatic bath of chicken broth, white wine, and herbs and spices, until the insides turn soft and silky. Many other vegetables are also…


Braised Pork Belly That Melts in Your Mouth

Legend attributes the creation of dongpo rou, a traditional Chinese braised pork belly dish, to Su Dong Po, a celebrated Song Dynasty poet and scholar. Half-fat, half-lean chunks of pork belly are slowly simmered with wine, soy sauce, rock sugar, scallions, and ginger for hours, until the jiggly, gelatinous squares are soft enough to pull…