Caramelized Pork Belly (Thit Kho) recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds pork belly, trimmed 2 tablespoons white sugar 5 shallots, sliced 3 cloves garlic, chopped 3 tablespoons fish sauce ground black pepper to taste 13 fluid ounces coconut water 6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled
Nutrition Info
- 410.3 caloriescarbohydrate: 15.6 gcholesterol: 266.8 mgfat: 26.3 gfiber: 1.1 gprotein: 26.7 gsaturatedFat: 8.6 gservingSize: -sodium: 1831.6 mgsugar: 6.3 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Caramelized Pork Belly (Thit Kho)
Directions
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Slice pork belly into 1-inch pieces layered with skin, fat, and meat.
Heat sugar in a large wok or pot over medium heat until it melts and caramelizes into a light brown syrup, about 5 minutes. Add pork and increase heat to high. Cook and stir to render some of the pork fat, 3 to 5 minutes.
Stir shallots and garlic into the wok. Add fish sauce and black pepper, stir to evenly coat pork. Pour in coconut water and bring to a boil. Add eggs, reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, until pork is tender, about 1 hour.
Remove wok from the heat and let stand, about 10 minutes. Skim the fat from the surface of the dish.