Details on how to make delicious and authentic Braised Pork with Eggs (Thit Kho Tau), tender and fatty meat
- Preparation
1 hour
- Cooking
45 minutes
- Difficulty
Easy
Braised pork with duck eggs in coconut water, also known as Thit Kho Tau, is a very popular dish not only during Tet but also in everyday meals. This delicious, rich, and fatty dish is great served with white rice. Let’s cook this extremely delicious dish together!
Ingredients for Braised Pork with Eggs (Thit Kho Tau)
Serves 6
Pork belly or pork knuckle 500 gr
Boiled duck eggs 5 eggs
Coconut water 400 ml
Chopped onion 1 tablespoon
Minced garlic 1 tablespoon
Fish sauce 3 tablespoons
Common spices 1 pinch
(Sugar/ seasoning powder/ ground pepper)
Equipment
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh pork
- First, you should choose pieces of pork that are bright pink or light red. When cut with a knife, the meat will be pinkish-white, slightly shiny, and the fat will be bright white and firm.
- To choose a good piece of meat that is not too fatty or too dry, you should choose a piece of meat with a balanced ratio of fat and lean meat.
- Good, clean meat, not raised with lean meat additives, usually has a firm texture, the meat and fat stick tightly together, and does not feel too loose when held.
- Do not choose pieces of pork that have a bad smell, or that do not have elasticity when pressed, as this is old meat that has gone bad and is no longer fresh.
How to choose fresh eggs
- Good eggs usually have a rosy appearance, with a layer of white powder covering them, and feel firm in hand. Do not choose duck eggs that are dull in color or have a slight odor.
- If the egg appears translucent pink when candled, with a pink dot in the middle, an air sac with a diameter of no more than 1 cm, and a fixed surrounding line that does not move, it is a fresh egg. On the other hand, eggs that have been left for a long time often have red spots with many veins when candled, and the air sac is wider than 1.5 cm. Spoiled eggs also show uneven, dull gray color.
- Dropping duck eggs into a 10% salt solution is also a good way to check the eggs. Eggs that have been left for 3-5 days will sink to the bottom when dropped into the solution. If the egg floats on the surface of the solution, it has been more than 5 days old and you should not use it anymore.
- Do not choose eggs that make a sloshing sound when shaken gently, as these are old eggs that are no longer fresh.
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How to cook Braised Pork with Eggs (Thit Kho Tau)
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Marinate the pork
After buying the pork belly or pork knuckle, wash it thoroughly with salt water, drain it, then cut it into bite-sized pieces. Choose meat with thin skin so that it braises well, becomes tender faster, and is not too greasy.
Season with 1 tablespoon of chopped onion, 1 tablespoon of minced garlic, 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1/3 tablespoon of seasoning powder, and 1 teaspoon of pepper, mix well.
Cover the bowl of meat with cling film and marinate for at least 1 hour for the meat to absorb the spices.
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Caramelize the sugar
Place a pot on the stove, add 1 teaspoon of sugar and cook over medium heat, while stirring constantly until the sugar turns caramel brown, then turn off the heat.
Wait for the sugar to cool down, the color will become darker, add 1/2 cup (rice bowl) of filtered water to dilute.
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Braise the pork
Add the marinated pork to the caramelized sugar pot, stir over high heat until the meat is browned, then pour in 400ml of coconut water.
Cover the pot and simmer for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, if the water is too low, add more water, add 5 peeled boiled duck eggs to the pot, cover and continue cooking for 30 minutes until the meat is tender, then turn off the heat.
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Final product
The delicious Braised Pork with Eggs is now complete and can be served hot. The dish has a very appealing caramel brown color and an extremely attractive rich flavor.
The tender braised pork with a slight fatty taste combined with the rich duck eggs is extremely delicious with rice!
This dish is very easy to cook so you don’t have to spend a lot of time preparing meals for your family during Tet. The dish can be combined with white rice, bread, Banh Chung or pickled vegetables. Especially, this dish can be kept for a long time and still tastes good. Good luck with this dish!
