Wineshark Home Cooking - 60. Black Olive Dried Shrimp with Steamed Pig Belly

Ingredients (for 4):

• Pig belly thinly sliced - 250 g
• Dried shrimp - 1/2 cup
• Chinese yellow wine - 1 tsp
• Ginger - 1 pcs (around 20 g)
• Black olive - 12 pcs
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Chinese yellow wine - 1 tsp
• Spring onion - 1 pc, only using the white portion

For marinating the pig belly:

• Soy sauce - 2 tsp
• Salt - 1/8 tsp
• Sugar - 1/4 tsp
• Chinese yellow wine - 1 tsp
• White pepper powder - dashes
• Corn starch - 1/2 tsp
• Sesame oil - 1 tsp

Procedures:

1. Cut the pig belly into three pieces per slide, then marinate.

2. Wash the dried shrimp then soak in hot water, covering the shrimps, for 30 minutes.

3. Chop the ginger into julienne.

4. Add the Chinese yellow wine into the dried shrimp and then mix well ginger.

5. Flush quickly the black olive and then cut in halves, marinate with sugar and Chinese yellow wine, then put in microwave oven for 15 seconds.

6. Spread the pig belly on the dish, and then cover with dried shrimp and ginger, pouring the water to soak the shrimp as well.

7. Put the black olive evenly on top.

8. Steam under high heat for 10 minutes, then serve with the spring onion on top.