Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea)
Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea)

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, bak kut teh (pork ribs tea). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook bak kut teh (pork ribs tea) using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea):
  1. Take Pork Soup Bone (Sin Guat)
  2. Prepare Pork Ribs (Pai Guat)
  3. Take Pork Shoulder (Jue Jiang)
  4. Make ready Pork Throttle (Jue Shaou)
  5. Make ready Chinese Herbs
  6. Prepare Sun Kee Ready Pack BKT
  7. Make ready Anglica Sinensis (Dong Guai)
  8. Prepare Solomons Seal (Yuk Juk)
  9. Get Codonopsis Root (Dong Sum)
  10. Take Rehmannia (Suk Dai)
  11. Prepare Star Anise
  12. Take Cloves
  13. Prepare Stick Cinnamon
  14. Take Fennel Seeds
  15. Take Black Dates
  16. Prepare Wolfberries
  17. Get Licorice Root (Kum Chou)
  18. Take Ingredients
  19. Take 3 Bulbs Smoke Garlic
  20. Prepare 3 Bulbs Normal Garlic
  21. Make ready 2 pcs thumb sized Ginger
  22. Take Seasoning
  23. Prepare 6 tbsp soy sauce
  24. Make ready 3 tsp rock salt
  25. Take 1 1/2 tsp crystal sugar

The former is strong, almost hot, with pepper, especially white pepper, while the Malaysian style is. Bak Kut Teh (BKT) in Hokkien (a Chinese dialect) literally means Pork Rib Tea. Nowadays, most grocery stores and supermarkets in Malaysia and Singapore carry the sachets which contains the powdered herbal mix ready to be used. Singapore Bak Kut Teh is a clear peppery soup made by simmering pork ribs with white pepper and garlic.

Steps to make Bak Kut Teh (Pork Ribs Tea):
  1. Bak Kut Teh herbs can be purchased from local Chinese herbal shop or super market. These herbs now comes with different brands. We mix a packet of ready made packet of mixed herbs in a sachet and picked some herbs from a local herbal shop for this. Some herbs make the soup black in color while some in light brown. Teo Chew BKT will be very light grey.
  2. Boil all the pork bones and meat in hot water for 20 minutes to remove scums, oil and smell. Set aside.
  3. Boil 3 litres of water in a pot with all the herbs and soup bone for 30 minutes.
  4. Put in the rest of the pork meat, garlic and ginger into the pot and boil for another 20 minutes. Add in salt and soy sauce and boil for another 10 minutes.
  5. Turn off fire. Let the pot cool down and keep in the fridge overnight. Alternatively if you have a keep warm thermos pot you can keep in there. This overnight process will marinate the herbal soup and seasoning into the meat.
  6. After overnight, boil the pot. When the pot is hot, add in sugar. Adjust to taste. The soup should taste little salty and sweet. Let it simmer in slow cook for 3 hours and serve. You can add in other optional items such as tofu pok, emoki mushroom or vege. Goes well with white rice and soy sauce with garlic and chili padi.

Nowadays, most grocery stores and supermarkets in Malaysia and Singapore carry the sachets which contains the powdered herbal mix ready to be used. Singapore Bak Kut Teh is a clear peppery soup made by simmering pork ribs with white pepper and garlic. This delicious soup is so fragrant, filling and comforting. What is Singapore Bak Kut Teh? Serve with hot rice, the yau ja gwai and the chilli soy dipping sauce for the meat.

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