Simple Way to Prepare Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea)

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Bak Kut Teh in the Hokkien or Fujianese dialect literally translates to Pork Rib Tea. Bak Kut Teh is best served hot with steamed rice or fragrant rice cooked with shallot or garlic, yew char kway (also known as as you tiao or Chinese crullers), and cut chilies in soy sauce. Bak kut teh is a pork rib dish cooked in broth popularly served in Malaysia and Singapore where there is a predominant Hoklo and Teochew community, and also in neighbouring areas like Indonesia in Riau Islands and Southern Thailand.

Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Recipe of Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea)

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook bak kut teh (pork ribs tea) using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea):

1. Get Pork Soup Bone (Sin Guat)
2. Make ready Pork Ribs (Pai Guat)
3. Get Pork Shoulder (Jue Jiang)
4. Make ready Pork Throttle (Jue Shaou)
5. Prepare Chinese Herbs
6. Make ready Sun Kee Ready Pack BKT
7. Take Anglica Sinensis (Dong Guai)
8. Make ready Solomons Seal (Yuk Juk)
9. Get Codonopsis Root (Dong Sum)
10. Prepare Rehmannia (Suk Dai)
11. Get Star Anise
12. Prepare Cloves
13. Take Stick Cinnamon
14. Make ready Fennel Seeds
15. Prepare Black Dates
16. Get Wolfberries
17. Take Licorice Root (Kum Chou)
18. Get Ingredients
19. Take 3 Bulbs Smoke Garlic
20. Prepare 3 Bulbs Normal Garlic
21. Get 2 pcs thumb sized Ginger
22. Make ready Seasoning
23. Take 6 tbsp soy sauce
24. Get 3 tsp rock salt
25. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp crystal sugar

This pork ribs soup is intensely flavorful. A concoction of spices like peppercorn, salt, star anise, cloves, cinnamon, and lots of garlic And if you are familiar with Bah Kut Teh, you probably know that there are two versions of this Chinese spare ribs soup. The version that seems a little more popular in. Pork soup bone (sin guat), pork ribs (pai guat), pork shoulder (jue jiang), pork throttle (jue shaou), chinese herbs, sun kee ready pack bkt, anglica sinensis (dong guai), solomons seal (yuk juk), codonopsis root (dong sum), rehmannia (suk dai), star anise, cloves, stick cinnamon.

Instructions

Instructions to make Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea):

1. 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.
2. Boil all the pork bones and meat in hot water for 20 minutes to remove scums, oil and smell. Set aside.
3. Boil 3 litres of water in a pot with all the herbs and soup bone for 30 minutes.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.

Pork bone tea soup or in a hokkian dialect known as bak (meat) kut (bone) teh (tea) usually is made of meaty pork ribs simmered in a broth brewed with Chinese herbs for hours. The color of the soup may be darker or lighter, depending on the herbs used. This is may favorite food since I was a little kid. Bak kut teh, a Chinese pork soup dish, is one of the must-try foods in Singapore. Use our list to find the best bak kut teh versions in town.

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