Kong Bak Pau

The secret to a good kong bak is the dark soya sauce.  It should be very dark and thick.  I use the sauce from our homegrown Kwong Woh Hing.  It is more expensive than the usual brands but worth it.

Ingredients

2 kg indonesian pork belly

200gms gula malacca

1 tablespoon five spice powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 bottle of KWH dark soya sauce

1 pkt of stewing spices (contains cinnamon bark, cloves and aniseed)

10 pcs garlic with skin

Method

Blanch pork belly in boiling water for 5 mins

Wash under tap and wipe dry

Cut into 1/4 inch thickness

Marinate with five spice powder, salt and a little dark sauce

for about 20 mins

Heat pan and 1tbsp cooking oil

Pan fry pork slices on high heat on both sides. (this is to extract the oil from the pork fat)

Boil half a pot of water in stew pot, add in gula malacca, 1/4 bottle of dark soya sauce, garlic, spice packet and then the pork belly

Cook on medium fire till meat is tender. Test with a fork.

Remember to stir the bottom of pot to prevent sticking.

If liquid is reduced, add more water

Add a bit of salt if required.

I prefer to buy the buns from supermarkets as they keep them in the chillers.  The ones from wet market are not fresh

AUNTIE DOLLY IS BACK

Hello Everyone, Auntie Dolly is BACK.

Why? Several people have been bugging me to start sharing recipes again. Truth is,
after seeing all the beautiful pictures posted by other bloggers, I got embarrassed as mine were so badly taken.  Secondly, I kept forgetting to snap pictures before the food disappeared in a flash.

This Chinese New year especially, one niece in law of mine came after me and said "Auntie Dolly!
why your blog got no recipe for kong bak pau huh? " Another niece who recently returned from Hong kong for good said " Jee gor, why your blog so long no update?"

SIGH, OK OK,  I will start blogging again. During the last few days of festivities, I cooked

Prawn paste chicken
Yoke lan kai
Mengkabo
Kong Bak Pau
Ngoh Hiang
Duck Noodle
Roast Pork
Curry Chicken
Chicken Abalone Porridge
Cantonese Chai with Nam Yu
Sweet and Sour Garoupa
Yu Sheng
Char Siew
Nian Gao with Sweet Potato and Yam
Nonya Mee
Crab Meat Ball
Fish Maw Soup
Battered Prawn

I will be posting recipe for Kong Bak Pau once I get the photo taken.  Till then, let me know if you want recipe of any of the above that is not already in the blog. If nobody wants anything, I go back to sleep again.