Braised Pork (Kong Bak / 扣肉) is a popular Chinese dish, and even catering services include that in their menu. People eat it with buns and name it Kong Bak Bao, 扣肉包, or Braised Pork Buns. It's so delicious and easy to make! My son loves this dish hence we want to try it out and learned from our senior relatives!
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| Braised Pork Bun (Kong Bak Bao / 扣肉包) |
Does that make you drool? It's really a very simple process to cook and you just have to follow the below steps.
Ingredients
500g of Pork Belly
1 tablespoon of oil
4 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
6 dried mushrooms
6 de-shelled hard boiled eggs
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise
4 cloves
6 garlics
4 Tau Pok (Dried Beancurd)
10 sugar cubes
Lettuce
Buns
Steps
1. Soak the dried mushrooms till soften. Cut into slices and squeeze the water out.
2. Blanche the pork belly.
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| Blanching the Pork Belly for 2 minutes in hot boiling water |
3. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil, and fry the pork belly till it become brown under medium heat for 10 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce and fry for about 5 minutes.
4. Add 1 liter of water, cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves, garlic, mushrooms, sugar into the pot and 2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce. Simmer for 1 hour under medium heat.
5. Add the de-shelled hard boiled eggs and tau pok (cut into fours) after an hour and under slow heat to simmer.
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| Frying the Pork Belly with dark sauce mixture |
6. Cut into thin slices before serving. You may use lettuce to add the colour of the home-made sandwich! You may accompany this dish with rice.
How to eat
1. Place a piece of lettuce between the bun.
2. Add a thin slice of the braised pork belly inside.
3. Munch!
Notes
1. Make sure you don't over burn in the initial frying of the pork belly. Medium to high heat will do.
2. Do not use too much of the spices. Use the amount as stated above.
3. You may wish to simmer as long as about 2 hours, till the meat is softer.
4. For the buns, you may wish to get the ready made ones from supermarkets.
5. Sugar cubes are optional as it enhances the sweetness of the entire dish.