How to Prepare Favorite Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea)
by Kathryn Newton
Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea)
Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, bak kut teh (pork ribs tea). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have bak kut teh (pork ribs tea) using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea):
Make ready Pork Soup Bone (Sin Guat)
Take Pork Ribs (Pai Guat)
Make ready Pork Shoulder (Jue Jiang)
Get Pork Throttle (Jue Shaou)
Take Chinese Herbs
Take Sun Kee Ready Pack BKT
Get Anglica Sinensis (Dong Guai)
Prepare Solomons Seal (Yuk Juk)
Get Codonopsis Root (Dong Sum)
Get Rehmannia (Suk Dai)
Get Star Anise
Prepare Cloves
Get Stick Cinnamon
Get Fennel Seeds
Get Black Dates
Get Wolfberries
Make ready Licorice Root (Kum Chou)
Get Ingredients
Prepare 3 Bulbs Smoke Garlic
Get 3 Bulbs Normal Garlic
Get 2 pcs thumb sized Ginger
Prepare Seasoning
Prepare 6 tbsp soy sauce
Prepare 3 tsp rock salt
Make ready 1 1/2 tsp crystal sugar
Instructions to make Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea):
Bak Kut Teh herbs can be purchased from local Chinese herbal shop or super market. These herbs now comes with different brands. We mix a packet of ready made packet of mixed herbs in a sachet and picked some herbs from a local herbal shop for this. Some herbs make the soup black in color while some in light brown. Teo Chew BKT will be very light grey.
Boil all the pork bones and meat in hot water for 20 minutes to remove scums, oil and smell. Set aside.
Boil 3 litres of water in a pot with all the herbs and soup bone for 30 minutes.
Put in the rest of the pork meat, garlic and ginger into the pot and boil for another 20 minutes. Add in salt and soy sauce and boil for another 10 minutes.
Turn off fire. Let the pot cool down and keep in the fridge overnight. Alternatively if you have a keep warm thermos pot you can keep in there. This overnight process will marinate the herbal soup and seasoning into the meat.
After overnight, boil the pot. When the pot is hot, add in sugar. Adjust to taste. The soup should taste little salty and sweet. Let it simmer in slow cook for 3 hours and serve. You can add in other optional items such as tofu pok, emoki mushroom or vege. Goes well with white rice and soy sauce with garlic and chili padi.
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