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 garlic! It is served with Chinese fried bread and goes well with white rice. Cut red chillies in dark soy sauce is served as a dip.



Ingredients

 * 750g pork ribs

Spices and herbs

 * several whole garlic cloves, do not peel
 * 30 wolf berries
 * few slices licorice
 * several star anise
 * several stick cinnamon
 * one slice mandarin peel
 * one piece tang kui
 * 5 - 8 red dates
 * several slices chuan xiong

Seasoning

 * light soy sauce
 * dark soy sauce

Side dish/Garnish

 * yew char kway (Chinese fried bread)
 * fried shallots

Sauce

 * chopped fresh red chillies
 * chopped garlic
 * dark soy sauce

Directions

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) Season with soy sauce, use enough dark soy sauce in order to give the soup a nice brown color.
 * 3) Garnish with fried shallots and served with yew char kway and chillie sauce.
 * 4) white rice maybe served as well.

Fried shallots

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