Red Braised Pork Belly (Hong Shao Rou)

Yesterday I made J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s Red Braised Pork Belly (Hong Shao Rou) recipe from The Wok . This is a dish I’ve made before using The Woks of Life’s recipe . Kenji’s recipe starts with blanching the rind-on pork belly and then slicing it into 1.5-inch cubes. I got the pork belly from Super H-Mart which sold it in ~1 pound strips. Slicing it in cubes was basically cutting the strip into…