Cured meat · cured
Chinese cured pork belly
Also called lap yuk, larou, Chinese bacon
Pork belly marinated in soy sauce, rice wine and spices, then air-dried (lap yuk); intensely savoury and sweet. Steamed over rice or stir-fried with leeks and celtuce.
What can replace it
- T2 · GoodChinese sausage
Sweeter and minced rather than sliced belly.
- T2 · GoodSmoked bacon
Saltier, smokier and softer; add a little sugar and rice wine.
- T3 · In a pinchPancetta
Unsmoked and not sweet, missing the wine-soy cure.
Cook with Chinese cured pork belly
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