Cambodian Sweet Soup

Description

 * Servings: 4-5 persons
 * Prep time: 30min
 * Cook time: 2–3 hours

Ingredients

 * 6-8 boiled eggs, peeled
 * 1.5-2 lbs Pork, cut into chunky cubes
 * fish sauce
 * soy sauce
 * pepper, salt
 * 1-1.5 cups Sugar
 * bamboo shoots, rectangular/ squarely sliced thin

Directions

 * 1) Bring about 3-4 cups of water to a roaring boil
 * 2) Add enough soy sauce to make a dark brown color
 * 3) Add a couple dashes of pepper
 * 4) Add a dash of salt
 * 5) Add Sugar until sweet (the soup, not you!)
 * 6) Add enough fish sauce to taste (usu about 1.4 cup)
 * 7) Add about 5-7 tbps of soy sauce
 * 8) At this point you should be smelling a very beautifull smell. The soup should taste sweet, but not so sweet you can't taste the tinge of fish sauce you added.
 * 9) Add the boiled eggs to the soup, let boil for about 15 minutes then add the cubed Pork.
 * 10) Add Bamboo slices to soup and let boil on medium for about 30 minutes.
 * 11) You should notice that the eggs are taking up a shiny delicatable brown color.
 * 12) The soup should smell slightly different. When eggs are a nice brown color, the soup is ready to serve.