Five Spice Chinese Pork Stew

Ingredients

• 1 & 1/2 kilo pork paikut, sliced into cubes – you can use pork belly or spareribs as long as there is more meat than fat
• water enough to cover the pork by 1/2 inch more
• 1/2 tsp Chinese five spice powder
• 1/2 tbsp cracked pepper
• 1 tbsp iodized salt
• 3-5 bay leaves
• 2-4 celery stalks
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 head of garlic, minced
• 2 medium shallots/sibuyas na pula, sliced
• 1 large white onion, sliced
• 1 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 3/4 cup light soy sauce
• 3 cups pork stock (the water used for boiling the pork)
• 1 ginger, two inches in length, sliced into 1/4 inch slices
• 1/2 tbsp anise seed
• 1 /2 tbsp cracked pepper
• 1 198gram can whole mushrooms, sliced in half (it's chunkier that way)

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