Bak kut teh/ pork ribs tea soup

Name: Bak kut teh/ pork ribs tea soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: Pork ribs or meaty Pork bones, 10 pieces of ribs; 3 whole Garlic heads; 2 tbs oyster sauce10 Tbsp of Light soy sauce

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Main Dish

4 servings

Easy

2 h 30 m

Some call it Pork Ribs Tea Soup, some call it Yuk Kuat Char. Bitter yet sweet. It takes quite a long time for cooking this, if you want your meat to be soft.

Ingredients

For the Broth:

Pork ribs or meaty Pork bones, 10 pieces of ribs
3 whole Garlic heads
2 tbs oyster sauce10 Tbsp of Light soy sauce

Preparation

Preparation30 min

Cook time2 hours

For the Herb and Spice
Brand A1 Bak Kut Teh Herbs,
2 x Cinammon/ Cassia Bark
6-8 x Star Anise
Ingredients ciont.
1 Tbsp White Peppercorns/ 3 dash white pepper
1 Tbsp Goji berries
6 of dried mushrooms
5 fried tofu puffs

Rinse spices & ingredients.
Fill water to pot with ribs above 2inches,
Paraboil 10mins, remove all pork, throw the water away.
Now add the ribs & ingredients & Herbs except the Mushroom & Tofu puffs. Boil for 30mins.
Light soy sauce if needed
Continue simmer for 1 hour. low heat.
Finally Add mushroom & Tofu puffs, simmer for another 30minutes.

Sprinkle spring onions
5 sliced Birds Eye Chilli/Chilli padi mixed with light & dark soy sauce. chopped garlic
You may view more details at http://howscookingrecipe.blogspot.com/2012/03/this-is-for-serving-3-4-person.html