Chinese Slow-Cooked Pork Shoulder

Ingredients

• 3 pounds pork shoulder trimmed
• 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/8 cups chicken stock
• 1 cup dark soy sauce
• 2 9/16 tablespoons dark brown sugar packed
• 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 4 spring onions cut into 5-cm pieces
• 1 garlic head, halved
• 1 fresh ginger 5-cm knob unpeeled, thinly sliced
• 8 dried shiitake mushrooms optional
• Chinese egg noodles Hot cooked, for serving