Name: Pork Knuckle in Brown Sauce
Ingredients: 1 pork knuckle; 2 slices ginger; 2 cloves garlic; 1 scallion; 3 star anise; 2 tsp Sichuan peppercorn; 1/3 cup dark soy sauce; ¼ cup soy sauce; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 2 tbsp cooking wine; Rock sugar (depends on your taste); 2 cups water

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Hey guys Chinese New year is coming up and I going to show you a must have dish: Braised Pork Knuckle

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Pork Knuckle in Brown Sauce

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Ingredients

1 pork knuckle
2 slices ginger
2 cloves garlic
1 scallion
3 star anise
2 tsp Sichuan peppercorn

sauce

1/3 cup dark soy sauce
¼ cup soy sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp cooking wine
Rock sugar (depends on your taste)
2 cups water

Instructions

Pat dry and rub pork knuckle with dark soy sauce. Put star anise and Sichuan peppercorn in tea bag.
Heat oil in pressure cooker, add ginger, garlic, and scallion, cook for few minutes. Then add pork knuckle and fry each side until it starts to form some charred marks.
Add star anise, Sichuan peppercorn, dark soy sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, cooking wine, rock sugar and water.
Pressure cook for 40 minutes and then check the tenderness. I cooked mine for an hour.
I also added 1 tsp of cornstarch to thicken the sauce.