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Bak Kut Teh

  Recipe by Amy Beh

 Cuisine Chinese      Recipes   Restaurants
 Type of Dish Central Dish
 Cooking Method Boil
 Meal Types • Dinner • Lunch
 
Ingredients
  • 1kg pork ribs or chicken meat
  • 2 1/2 litres water
  • 2 whole bulbs garlic, do not peel
  • 20g Tong Sum
  • 12g Tong Kwai slices
  • 10g Chuin Kung
  • 20g Sook Tei
  • 25g Kei Chee
  • 15g Yoke Chok
  • 3 pieces Kam Choe

    Wrap in muslin cloth and tie up:
  • 1 tsp white peppercorns
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns
  • 1 tsp anise pepper or Szechuan pepper (Fah Chiew)
  • 1/2 tsp fennel seeds (jintan manis)
  • 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jintan putih)
  • 3 cloves (bunga cengkih)
  • 1 star anise (bunga lawang)
  • 4cm piece cinnamon stick (kayu manis)

    Seasoning:
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
  • 1 tsp monosodium glutamate
  • 3 tbsp light soy sauce

    Method
    Bring water to a boil in a deep pot. Add herbs and simmer for 30 minutes. Put in pork ribs and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes over low heat until meat is tender.

    Add seasoning to taste. Use a ladle and scoop out excess oil that floats to the surface. Serve soup hot with plain or yam rice and garnish with yau char kwai.

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