Recipe - Be Celeng Base Manis

Pork In Sweet Soy Sauce

This delicious sweet pork dish with a hint of ginger and plenty of chilies to spice it up often appears on festive occasion, when a whole pig is slaughtered and there's plenty of meat available.

Ingredients :

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 5 shallots, peeled and sliced
• 5 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
• 600 g (1 ¼ lb) boneless pork shoulder or leg, cut in 2 cm (¾ in) cubes
• 8 cm (3 in) ginger, peeled and sliced lengthwise
• 4 tablespoons sweet soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons thin soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon black peppercorn, crushed
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 6-10 bird's-eye chilies, left whole

Directions :

Heat oil in a wok or heavy saucepan. Add shallots and garlic and saute for 2 minutes over medium heat or until lightly colored. Add pork and ginger and continue saute for 2 more minutes over high heat. Add both lots of soy sauce and black pepper and continue sauteing for 1 minute. Pour in chicken stock in chilies, and simmer over medium heat for approximately 1 hour. When cooked, there should be very little sauce left and the meat should be shiny and dark brown. If the meat becomes too dry during cooking, add a little chicken stock.

Help hint: Some cooks like to pound the shallots, garlic and ginger together and fry them before adding the pork, making the resulting sauce thicker.