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Homemade Chinese Salted Pork (腌咸肉)

Chinese salted pork or yān xián ròu (腌咸肉) is a flavorful and has many uses in the kitchen. This salted pork recipe uses Sichuan peppercorns, which give off a wonderful aroma without the numbing effect when they are kept whole during the salt curing process.

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