Vietnamese Braised Pork with Eggs/thit Kho Tau

सामग्री

3-4 lbs of thick pork belly with skin or any cut you prefer.

12 hard boiled eggs (more if prefer)

1 tablespoon chopped garlic

2 tablespoon chopped shallots

2 can of coco rico coconut soda ( optional, coconut water 💦7 up or coke cola.

1 cup water

1/2 cup fish sauce

1/4 cup oyster sauce

1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon onion powder

Caramelized sauce:

1 tablespoon cooking oil

2 tablespoon sugar

निर्देश

Cut your meat into cube. Wash and clean. Parboiled for 5-6 minutes with a tablespoon of salt. Take meat out, clean and rinse. Set aside.

1•In a pot add oil and sugar. Wait for sugar to turn dark brown. Add garlic, and shallots. Sauté for 10-15 second.

2•Add meat, stir to coated with the caramelize sauce.

3.Add coconut soda, water, fish sauce, oyster sauce, ground pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.

4•Cover and bring to a boil. Scoop out the scum on top. Then cover and reduced heat to low. Simmer for 1 hrs.

5•Uncover and add in the hard boiled eggs 🥚. Continue to simmer for another 1/2 hrs. or until meat are tender. Flip eggs once in a while.

6•Scoops out some of the oil on top.

7•Taste and adjust. If meat needs to be more tender. Simmer a little longer. Enjoy 😉

You can cut the recipe in half.