Recipe for traditional Lunar New Year dish Braised Pork with Eggs (Th?t Kho Nu?c D?a, Th?t Kho Tàu) with coconut juice. Have it with steamed rice, steamed/pickled vegetables.
Recipe from Nga Rastatter from Saigon Nights.
INGREDIENTS
• 1 lb pork belly or pork shoulder (or any type of pork)
• 6 eggs (hard-boiled)
• 7 cup coconut juice
• 2 tsp sugar
For the "Marinated ingredients
• 3 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground pepper
• 4 tsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp seasoning (mushroom seasoning - optional)
• 2 tsp minced garlic
INSTRUCTIONS
• In a pork bowl, combine well with all the "Marinated ingredient." Cover and marinate for 30 minutes.
• Add sugar into a large pot. Cook until golden brown. (If the caramel sauce is burn, discard and remake it.)
• Place in the marinated pork. Stir fry for 3 minutes. Pour in coconut juice. Place in the hard boiled eggs.
• Skim off the foam occasionally.
• Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours on medium low heat. Remove the lid and increase the heat to high. Cook for 10 minutes more.
• Transfer to a bowl and served with steamed rice and steamed vegetables or with pickled mustard green.