Sticky Five Spice Pork Belly With Ginger and Plums

    15m prep time
    135m total time
    Medium level
    14 ingredients

Pair slow-cooked pork belly with tart plums for a match made in heaven in this one-tin dish that’s packed with flavour. It's a great way to use summer plums

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Lay the pork belly slices in a single layer in a large roasting tin. Combine the ginger, garlic, five-spice powder, soy sauce, honey, sugar and rice wine, and pour the mixture over the pork, turning the pieces until well-coated. Scatter in the star anise, then cover the tin with foil and roast for 1 hr.

Step 2

Remove the foil, scatter over the spring onions and nestle the plums in the tin, cut-side up. Spoon some of the sauce over the pork, onions and plums, and return to the oven for 30 mins.

Step 3

Remove the tin from the oven. Turn the pork slices over using tongs. If the spring onions are starting to catch, push them under the pork slices. Turn the heat up to 220C/200C fan/gas 7 and roast for another 15 mins, or until the pork is tender and caramelised – don’t worry if it chars slightly, as this will add flavour. Scatter over the coriander leaves and serve with rice and stir-fried greens, with the sauce from the tin spooned over.
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 100g Spring Onions, cut into 3cm pieces 1 x Sainsbury's Spring Onions Bunch 100g
  • 200g Spring Green, stir fried, to serve 1 x Sainsbury's Ready Prepared Spring Greens 200g
  • 1000g Pork Belly Slices 2 x Sainsbury's British Pork Belly Slices 500g
  • 3 Garlic Cloves, grated or crushed 1 x Sainsbury's Garlic
  • 440g Cooked Rice, to serve 2 x Ben's Original Classic Long Grain Microwave Rice 220g
  • 50ml Soy Sauce 1 x Sainsbury's Dark Soy Sauce 150ml
  • 2tbsp Honey 1 x Sainsbury's Runny Honey 340g
  • 2tbsp Shaohsing Rice Wine, rice wine vinegar or dry sherry 1 x Yutaka Shaoxing Rice Wine 15cl
  • 2 tbsp Ginger, finely grated 1 x Sainsbury's Ginger 100g
  • 1.5tsp Chinese Five Spice Powder 1 x Sainsbury's Chinese 5 Spice
  • 2tbsp Light Brown Soft Sugar 1 x Sainsbury's Fairtrade Light Soft Brown Sugar 500g
  • 2 Star Anise 1 x Sainsbury's Star Anise 15g
  • 6 Plums, halved and stoned 1 x Sainsbury's Plum Punnet 400g
  • 10g Coriander Leaves, to serve 1 x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Bunch Coriander 30g
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