Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Soup)

(from ch3fmyra’s recipe box)

Source: http://www.yummy.ph/recipe/Bak-Kut-Teh-Pork-Ribs-Soup

Categories: PORK

Ingredients

  • 1 kilo pork neck
  • 2 pieces star anise
  • 2 pieces cinnamon bark
  • 3 tablespoons dark or sweet soy sauce
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 head garlic
  • 1/2 tablespoon freshly ground pepper
  • For the dipping sauce
  • 5 pieces bird’s eye chili (siling labuyo), deveined, seeded, and sliced
  • 2 tablespoons dark or sweet soy sauce

Directions

  1. Place pork, star anise, cinnamon, soy sauce, water, garlic, and ground pepper in a pot with a tight-fitting lid.

  2. Put pot in a wok or larger pot filled with water almost half the height of the smaller pot.

  3. Turn on heat to medium and bring water to a slow simmer. Replenish water if the level goes below half the height of the smaller pot. Simmer for 3 to 4 hours or until the meat almost falls off the bone.

  4. Make the dipping sauce: Mix chili pepper and soy sauce.

  5. Serve in bowls as soup or with rice, with the dipping sauce on the side.

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