Ingredients
- 500 pork belly, cut into small pieces
- 4 cups water
- 1 head garlic (lightly pounded with the back of a cleaver)
- 1 tablespoon white peppercorn (smashed and cracked)
- 5 hard-boiled eggs
- 230g fried tofu/bean curd
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons ABC sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)
- 1-2 tablespoons dark soy sauce (or until it reaches your desired color)
- Salt to taste
Method
- Heat up a pot or preferably a big clay pot with 4 cups of water. Bring it to boil and then add in the garlic, pork belly, and cracked peppercorns.
- Bring the pork belly to boil before adding the hard-boiled eggs, fried tofu, soy sauce, sweet soy sauce and dark soy sauce.
- Lower the heat to medium and braise the pork for 30 minutes or so until the pork belly is cooked through and become tender.
- Add salt to taste. Continue to simmer on the lowest heat for another 15-20 minutes.
- Dish out and serve hot with steamed white rice.
Product used in recipe
- ABC - Sweet Soy Sauce
