Red Cooked Pork Belly with Chestnuts on Rice 红烧肉栗子饭 - Vegetarian

Bit Bit is in a cooking mode today, and since Pig prefers chinese food and Pig just bought some chestnuts, Bit Bit decided to make a nice vegetarian dish using chestnuts. One dish that Bit Bit spotted is red cooked pork belly with chestnuts, and luckily Pig had bought some mock vegetarian pork belly stored in the freezer. But other than the dish, Bit Bit also had to decide on adding noodles or rice with the dish to make it a complete meal, so rice is chosen as it is fragrant and goes well with red cooked pork belly with chestnuts.

This dish took about 45 minutes to complete.

Things that Bit Bit found out about red cooked pork belly with chestnuts on rice:

• Bit Bit had never really thought of cooking chestnuts into a dish, as the chestnuts on its own are already very delicious. But while eating the mock pork belly, Bit Bit can really taste the sweet chestnut feeling on the meat.
• Although the mock vegetarian pork belly may not be as healthy, Bit Bit feels that eating them once in a while is still fine. Being a vegetarian can also eat happily and deliciously.
• For this dish, Bit Bit did not have to marinate the pork belly as the mock meat already has a flavour on its own.

Ingredients that Bit Bit used for Red Cooked Pork Belly with Chestnuts on Rice:

1. Mock Vegetarian Pork Belly - 11 Pieces
2. Chestnuts - 6 Pieces
3. Red Chilli Padi - 2 Pieces
4. Five Spice Powder - 2 Tsp
5. Light Soy Sauce - 1 Tbsp
6. Water - 1/2 Cup
7. Uncooked Rice - 1/2 Cup
8. Water for Rice - 1 Cup
9. Canola Oil - 1 Tbsp

Method that Bit Bit used to cook Red Cooked Pork Belly with Chestnuts on Rice:

1. Bring a pot of water to boil.
2. Add in the chestnuts and boil for 20 minutes.
3. Wash and rinse the rice at least 3 times.
4. Add 1 cup of water to the rice and cook at medium-low heat for about 10 minutes.
5. When the water starts to dry up and the rice are mostly cooked, turn the heat to low and simmer for about 5 minutes. Check and stir every 5 minutes to ensure that the rice will not get burnt at the bottom of the pan. If the rice dries up too fast, add a little more water.
6. When the chestnuts are ready, peel off the shell and set them aside.
7. Wash and cut the red chilli padi into 3 parts per chilli.
8. Heat up a pan and add oil.
9. Add in the mock pork belly and fry for a minute.
10. Add in the five spice powder to coat the pork belly, and fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
11. Add in the red chilli padi, chestnuts, water and light soy sauce. Stir well.
12. Let the ingredients continue to cook, while the water evaporates off.
13. Once there is a little sauce or no sauce left, turn off the heat.
14. Fill a bowl with rice and overturn the bowl on a plate to form a dome-shaped rice.
15. Decorate the rice with the red cooked pork belly with chestnuts.
16. Serve and eat!