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Instant Pot Red Cooked Pork Shoulder with tofu knots and brocolli

40 Minute Instant Pot Red Cooked Pork Shoulder

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Prep Time 1 minute
Cook Time 25 minutes
Pressurize/Depressurize 15 minutes
Total Time 41 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 3 slabs pork shoulder, about 2-3 lbs
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • ¼ C Shaoxing wine or water
  • ¼ C water
  • 4 hard boiled eggs optional
  • 1 package tofu puffs or sliced marinated tofu or tofu knots optional
Whole Meal in One (optional)
  • 4 carrots sliced
  • 2 C brown rice rinsed
  • 2 C water

Equipment

  • Pressure Cooker or Instant Pot
  • Stainless Steel Bowl (optional, if making rice in the Instant Pot)
  • Trivet (optional, if making rice in the Instant Pot)

Method
 

  1. Put all the ingredients in the Instant Pot.
    (optional Meal in One, if cubing the pork shoulder before cooking): Add carrots into the Instant Pot. Put the rice/water into a stainless steel bowl on top of a trivet in the Instant Pot.
    Cook on high pressure for:
    - whole pork shoulder 25 minutes
    - cubed pork shoulder 15 minutes
    Natural release for 10 minutes.
  2. (Optional) While the Instant Pot is cooking, make and peel hardboiled eggs. Use a knife and make slits in the egg white so that sauce can seep into the egg.
  3. After Natural Release, remove the rice and trivet, if needed. Set the Instant Pot to "SAUTE" to reduce the liquids in the pot. Remove any fat or bones from the pork shoulder, if needed. Shred the pork shoulder, if desired.
  4. The sauce should take 15 minutes to reduce.
    (Optional) You can coat the egg and tofu in the liquids while the sauce is reducing! Add the eggs to the pot and coat with the sauce. Carefully turn the eggs every so often, so that they don't stick to the Instant Pot. After about 10 minutes, remove the eggs. Add in tofu (puffs, knots, or sliced marinated) to the pot and coat with the sauce. After about 5 minutes, add back in the eggs and give everything a quick stir.
    At this point, turn off the Instant Pot.
  5. Serve with rice and veggies. Enjoy!