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Kong Tau Yew Bak (Braised Pork in Dark Soy Sauce)
Kong Tau Yew Bak (Braised Pork in Soy Sauce) is a well loved, very flavorful Hokkien (Fujianese) comfort food dish. Usually comes with hard boiled eggs.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 bulb garlic ((separated but not peeled))
- 1 tsp peppercorns ((cracked or smashed))
- 2 cloves garlic ((minced))
- 1½ lbs boneless pork ribs (or pork shoulder, cut into bite size pieces (675g))
- 3 tbsp sweet soy sauce
- 2 tsp sugar
- ¾ cup water ((180ml))
- ½ tsp salt ((or to taste))
- 4 hard boiled eggs ((peeled))
Instructions
- 1
Heat vegetable oil in a medium sized pot. Saute garlic cloves, cracked peppercorns, and minced garlic for 1 minute.
- 2
Add pork and fry to seal in the juices. This should take about 3 minutes.
- 3
Add sweet soy sauce, sugar, and water.
- 4
Bring liquid to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
- 5
Add salt and hard boiled eggs. Cover and simmer for another 15 minutes.
- 6
Turn eggs occasional to coat evenly with soy sauce. Turn off stove.
- 7
Serve warm with steamed rice.