Roasted Pork Shank Braised in Soy Sauce ✅

Ingredients

• 1 small pork shank (weighs about 3 pounds)
• 1/3 cup of soy sauce
• 2 to 3 tablespoons dark soy sauce
• 2 to 3 tablespoon rock sugar
• 1/4 cup rice cooking wine
• 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
• 1 piece of ginger root, smashed
• 1 spice & herb bag, recipe below
• water for cooking and simmering
• salt to taste
• cayenne pepper powder
• ground cumin
• roasted white sesame seeds
• chopped green onion

Ingredients for spice & herb bag

• 3 to 4 star anises
• 1 teaspoon Sichuan pepper corns
• 1 black cardamom pod, smashed
• 4 to 5 cloves
• 3 to 4 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon dried ginger
• a handful of dried red chili peppers, cut into pieces
• 1 small piece of cinnamon bark
• 1 clove of garlic

Steps

1. Prepare herbs and spices, wrap in coffee filter and tie it up to be a spice bag.

2. Rinse the pork shank under running water. Cook in boiling water for 10 minutes. Discard the water and fill the pot with fresh clean water and add the shank along with spice bag, rice cooking wine, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, rock sugar, oyster sauce and ginger.

3. Cook over high heat until water boils.

4. Cover with lid. Reduce the heat to simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. And cooking time may be adjusted according to pork shank’s size and personal preferences.

5. Pre-heat oven to 425F.

6. Remove lid, season roast with salt and continue to cook over high heat until there is no extra liquid in the pot. Stir with wooden spoon from time to time.

7. Transfer roast to a cast iron pan lined with parchment paper. Roast for about 30-40 minutes until the golden brown color darkens a bit, and an 140F internal temperature is reached.

8. Remove pan from oven, transfer roast to cutting board, and sprinkle with cayenne powder, ground cumin, roasted sesame seeds and chopped onion.

9. And now go grab yourself a cold beer and then dig in!