Donna’s Chinese Simmered Star Anise Pork

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon ginger, julienned
• 1 cup Chinese cooking wine, or dry sherry
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 star anise
• 2 pork tenderloins, trimmed and halved crosswise
• Steamed rice, for serving (optional)
• Steamed baby bok choy, for serving (optional)

Instructions:

1. 1. Heat oil in a medium skillet over low heat. Add ginger, and cook for 1 minute. Add wine, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sugar, and star anise; bring to a simmer. Add pork, and cover. Cook until tender, 5 to 7 minutes per side.
2. 2. Remove pork, and keep warm. Allow sauce to simmer until reduced and thickened. Cut pork into 1-inch slices. Spoon sauce over pork, and serve with steamed rice and bok choy.

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