Chinese
Bacon
Ingredients: pork belly, Shao Hsing rice cooking rice, (thin) soy sauce, black
soy sauce, dark brown sugar, salt, sesame oil, ground white pepper, dried
ginger, anise, dried tangerine peel
Where you can get it: grocery store
Ratings:★★★
Price: $100-$135 per catty
Comments: Chinese bacon is made from pork belly, and the pork is dry cured
for preservation. Unlike western bacon, the Chinese bacon has a denser and
richer flavour. Similar to Chinese sausages, it is not eaten alone, but is
added to various dishes like turnip cake. It is usually air-dried, when the
north wind is strong, the Chi bacon will have the "fragrance from the
wind". Hong Kong people usually steam the Chinese bacon together with
rice.
