Thit Kho (Caramelized Pork Belly)
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
6
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Ingredients for - Thit Kho (Caramelized Pork Belly)

1. Pork belly, trimmed - 2 pounds
2. White sugar - 2 tablespoons
3. Shallots, sliced - 5
4. Garlic, chopped - 3 cloves
5. Fish sauce - 3 tablespoons
6. Ground black pepper to taste - 3 tablespoons
7. Coconut water - 13 fluid ounces
8. Hard-boiled eggs, peeled - 6

How to cook deliciously - Thit Kho (Caramelized Pork Belly)

1. Stage

Slice pork belly into 1-inch pieces layered with skin, fat, and meat.

2. Stage

Heat sugar in a large wok or pot over medium heat until it melts and caramelizes into a light brown syrup, about 5 minutes. Add pork and increase the heat to high. Cook and stir to render some of the pork fat, 3 to 5 minutes.

3. Stage

Stir shallots and garlic into the wok. Add fish sauce and black pepper; stir until pork is evenly coated. Pour in coconut water and bring to a boil. Add hard-boiled eggs and reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer, checking occasionally and adding a little water if the liquid evaporates too much, until pork is tender, about 1 hour.

4. Stage

Remove from the heat and let stand for about 10 minutes. Skim fat from the surface of the dish.