Pork Chops With Star Anise, Slow Cooked

This is a simple recipe but has a lovely flavour and can be altered by putting in chopped chillies to make it hot, or perhaps some ginger. Good served with some boiled rive and steamed Asian greens

• Ready In: 1 hr 40 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

•  olive oil flavored cooking spray
• 4  thick midloin  pork chops, well trimmed
• 1⁄2 cup  chicken stock
• 1⁄2 cup Chinese wine
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 1  tablespoon palm sugar or 1  tablespoon brown sugar
• 6  star anise
• 1⁄4 teaspoon five-spice powder
• 1 -2  teaspoon sambal oelek
• 1  tablespoon honey
• 2  garlic cloves, crushed
•  coriander (to garnish) or  green onion (to garnish)
•  salt and pepper, taste

Directions

1. Heat oil in a Dutch oven or heavy bottomed pot and brown chops.
2. At the same time combine, stock, wine, soy, sugar, star anise, 5-spice, sambel, honey and garlic.
3. Pour over the chops and bring to the boil.
4. Then cover and cook very very slow for 1-1/4 hours until very tender, turning once or twice.
5. Serve over boiled rice garnished with the coriander or green chopped onions.
6. Steamed Asian greens on the side is nice.