Bah Kut Teh

Description
A Hokkien specialty. A wonderful herbal soup spiced with all those aromatic spices including star anise, cinnamon, cloves and lots of garlics! It is served with Chinese fried bread and goes well with white rice. Cut red chillies in dark soya sauce is served as a dip.



Ingredients

 * 750g Pork ribs

Spices and herbs:


 * Several whole garlics, do not peel
 * 30 Wolf Berries
 * Few slices Licorice
 * Several Star Anise
 * Several stick Cinnamon
 * 8one slice Mandarin Peel
 * one piece Tang Kui
 * 5 - 8 Red Dates
 * several slices Chuan Xiong

Seasoning:


 * light soya sauce
 * dark soya sauce

Side dish/Garnish:


 * Yew char kway (Chinese fried bread)
 * Fried shallots

Sauce:


 * Chopped fresh red chillies
 * Chopped garlic
 * Dark soya sauce

Directions
First briefly boil the pork in hot water and remove scum, put in the herbs and spices and cook in low heat for several hours. Season with soya sauce, use enough dark soya sauce in order to give the soup a nice brown color.

Garnish with fried shallots and served with Yew Char Kway and chillie sauce. White rice maybe served as well.

Note:

To make fried shallots, slice shallots and fry till fragrant(light brown) in oil, stop the heat before desired color is achieved as it will continue to brown. Pour into a bow to prevent over browning.