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Bak Kut Teh

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Bak Kut Teh

Pork rib soup simmered for hours in a herbal broth of garlic, white pepper and Chinese spices — a Singapore breakfast soup.

Total time
135 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
125 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Singaporean

Ingredients

1kgpork spare ribs
1whole bulb garlic, unpeeled
2 tspwhite pepper, whole
1 stickcinnamon
3star anise
3 tbspsoy sauce
1 tbspdark soy sauce
saltto taste
tofu puffsoptional
you tiao (fried dough sticks)to serve

Instructions

1

Blanch pork ribs 5 minutes. Rinse.

2

Combine all ingredients in a pot. Cover with 2L water.

3

Simmer 2 hours until pork is very tender and broth is fragrant.

4

Add tofu puffs in last 15 minutes.

5

Serve in bowls with rice and you tiao for dipping.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
75
Protein
4.2g
Fat
2.5g
Carbs
13.1g
Fiber
5.3g
Sodium
797mg

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