Pork Chops With Star Anise, Slow Cooked

• 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

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.

olive oil, pork chops, chicken stock, chinese wine, soy sauce, palm sugar, anise, fivespice powder, sambal oelek, honey, garlic, coriander, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pork-chops-with-star-anise-slow-cooked-104618 (may not work)