Kong Bak Pao (Chinese Braised Pork Sliders)

Ingredients

• 1 kilogram pork belly preferably with 1/3 fat and 2/3 lean meat
• 1/2 tablespoon caramel thick, soy + 4 tbsp extra
• 1 cup oil
• 1 shallot finely chopped - I used 4 shallots
• 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 tablespoons Chinese cooking wine
• 5 cloves garlic chopped
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 star anise I used 2 star anise
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil I used 2 tsp
• 1 1/2 cups water approx - I used 2 cups
• salt
• pepper
• sugar
• 1 pinch msg I omitted this
• coriander leaves roughly chopped

Nutrition

• Calories : 640 calories
• Carbohydrate : 9 grams
• Cholesterol : 60 milligrams
• Fat : 63 grams
• Protein : 8 grams
• SaturatedFat : 17 grams
• Sodium : 270 milligrams
• Sugar : 6 grams