Dark Sauce Pork + ABC Soup

April 21 2010 Dinner

Dark Sauce Pork with Tau Kwa and Eggs

Ingredients:
300gm belly pork, sliced to chunks
4-6 eggs, hard boiled and shelled
10 quails eggs, hard boiled and shelled
2 pieces of taukwa, sliced and fried.
2 bulbs garlic, broken into cloves, skin on
1 cup dark soya sauce
1/2 cup light soya sauce
2 sticks cinnamon
3-4 pods star anise
1tsp cloves
50gm sugar
salt and pepper to taste

Method:
1. Heat up a little oil in the pan and add garlic cloves. Fry till cloves and lightly browned and fragrant.
2. Add sugar to caramelise. Once sugar caramelises, add pork chunks and toss well to coat. Add all the spices and stir to mix.
3. Allow the pork to sear completely, then add soya sauces and enough water to cover th mixture. Bring to a boil.
4. Add the eggs and tau kwa and let it simmer for about 10-20 min and transfer to thermal pot

ABC Soup

Ingredients:
200-250gm Pork Ribs
2 potatoes cut to quarters
3 carrots cut to cubes
1 tomato cut to cubes
1 onion
2-3 slices ginger

Method:
1. Boil a small pot of water. Turn off fire. Put in pork ribs to blanch for 5-10 minutes.
2. Boil a pot of water for soup. Put all ingredients in. Boil for 10-20 min and transfer to thermal pot. Leave it in for 4-5 hours