Recipe: Perfect Babi Kecap (Indonesian Braised Pork Belly in a Sweet Soy Sauce)

Recipe: Perfect Babi Kecap (Indonesian Braised Pork Belly in a Sweet Soy Sauce) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Babi Kecap (Indonesian Braised Pork Belly in a Sweet Soy Sauce). Please note this is totally optional, I just do this. I came across a recipe for Babi Kecap, an Indonesian braised pork in sweet soy sauce dish on the blog Almost Bourdain a few weeks ago and saved it. I have a fondness for pork belly [NB: this is the eighth pork belly recipe on my blog] and I am always looking for new ways to cook it.

It is a Chinese Indonesian classic, due to its simplicity and popularity among Chinese Indonesian households.

It is also popular among non-Muslim Indonesians, such as the Balinese, Batak and Minahasan.

Babi kecap is a familiar dish in many Chinese families living in Indonesia.

You can cook Babi Kecap (Indonesian Braised Pork Belly in a Sweet Soy Sauce) using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Babi Kecap

(Indonesian Braised Pork Belly in a Sweet Soy Sauce)

1. It’s 1 kg of pork rasher (pork belly).

2. You need 1 cup of water.

3. Prepare 4 of boiled eggs.

4. Prepare 10 of garlic cloves minced.

5. It’s of Pepper, salt, sugar.

6. Prepare 1 cm of ginger.

7. Prepare 5 Tablespoons of kecap manis.

8. You need 3 Tablespoons of Oyster Sauce.

Every Chinese Indonesian is familiar with Babi Kecap, or pork in soy sauce.

Pork belly is the most common cut for this dish, but you can also use pork shoulder or pork loin portion that is closest to the shoulder.

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Pork is braised in aromatics and soy sauce until it is tender.

Babi Kecap

(Indonesian Braised Pork Belly in a Sweet Soy Sauce) step by step

1. Heat up the wok to medium heat and add the pork. Do not use any oil as the pork contains lots of fat already and by stirring the pork in the wok it will release the oil. Cook for about 5 minutes until brown..

2. Add the garlic into the pan, continue stir until the garlic is fragrant then add the ginger..

3. Add all the sauces and seasoning to taste, adjusting if required..

4. Turn the heat to low, pour in the water and add the boiled egg..

5. Cook for about 50-60 minutes or until the meat is tender. It is important to stir once every 5 minutes, so that the sauce does not burn at the bottom of the wok..

The recipe can be made with a pressure cooker, slow cooker, or on the stove.

Indonesian sweet soy sauce aka kecap manis is one of my most used sauces besides soy sauce and oyster sauce.

I was experimenting with a few Indonesian recipes lately, and since I live in a small space and figured kecap manis should be reasonable to make, when I searched it on Google.

Here is his recipe for a delicious Indonesian meal - Babi Kecap.

Babi ketjap, mals Indisch varkensvlees in gember-ketjapsaus.