Bak Kut Teh - Pork Ribs in Spices and Herbal Soup

Method4 steps · about 2 hr

1. 1

   Step 1: Place pork ribs (800 gram) and water (2 liter) in a soup pot and bring to a boil. Keep removing the scum until the soup is clear.

   Uses 800 gram pork ribs · 2 liter water

2. 2

   Step 2: Once the soup is clear, add angelica root (10 gram), lovage rhizome, garlic (1 head), cinnamon, star anise (1), and cloves (5). Season with dark soy sauce (2 tablespoon), soy sauce, salt (2 teaspoon), and sugar (1 teaspoon). Once it boils again, reduce heat, cover the pot with a lid, and simmer for 1 hour, or until the pork is cooked and tender.

   Simmer pork ribs · 60 minUses skimmed clear pork-rib broth · 10 gram angelica root (Chinese: dang gui) · 5 gram Sichuan lovage rhizome (Chinese: chuan xiong) · 1 head garlic, cloves peeled and lightly bruised · 1 cinnamon stick (Indonesian: kayu manis) · 1 star anise (Indonesian: bunga lawang/pekak) · 5 whole cloves (cengkeh) · 2 tablespoon dark soy sauce

3. 3

   Step 3: Blanch the ready fried tofu in a separate pot of hot water, drain and cut into bite-sized pieces. Add the tofu, prepared shiitake (8) and goji berries (1 tablespoon) to the soup. Bring back to a boil and cook for another 10 minutes, until the mushrooms are cooked. Taste and add extra salt or sugar only if needed.

   Cook mushrooms tofu · 10 minUses tender pork ribs in herb-and-spice broth · 8 deep fried tofu (Indonesian: tahu goreng), blanched in hot water and cut into bite size pieces · Hot water for blanching ready fried tofu (quantity unspecified, discarded) · 8 fresh shiitake (Indonesian: jamur shiitake), remove stems and cut into bite size pieces · 1 tablespoon goji berries (Chinese: gou qi zi) · Extra salt to adjust soup (optional, quantity unspecified) · Extra sugar to adjust soup (optional, quantity unspecified)

4. 4

   Step 4: Slice the green and red Thai chillies and mince the 3 dip garlic cloves. Mix them with the separate 3 tbsp light soy sauce. Turn off the soup heat and serve hot with this dipping sauce and optional ready steamed rice or you tiao.

   Uses finished pork-rib, shiitake and tofu soup · 3 green Thai chilies (Indonesian: cabe rawit hijau) · 3 red Thai chilies (Indonesian: cabe rawit merah) · 3 cloves garlic (Indonesian: bawang putih) · 3 tablespoon light soy sauce (or regular soy sauce) · Ready steamed white rice to serve (optional, quantity unspecified) · Ready you tiao Chinese crullers to serve (optional, quantity unspecified)