Babi Kecap - Sweet Soy Pork. Babi kecap is called 'Be Celeng Mebase Manis' here in Bali. This is one of the 'must have' dishes at a Balinese wedding reception. Potongan babi yang memiliki banyak lemak sangat enak jika dimasak dengan kecap.
It's not originally from Indonesia, but from China. For sure the taste also already adapt with Indonesian palate. It is also popular among non-Muslim Indonesians, such as the Balinese, Batak and Minahasan. You can have Babi Kecap - Sweet Soy Pork using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Babi Kecap - Sweet Soy Pork
- Prepare 500 gram of diced pork.
- Prepare 1 of large onion, sliced.
- You need 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
- You need 3 cm of ginger, thinly sliced.
- Prepare 1 of star anise.
- You need 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg.
- You need 1 tsp of ground white pepper.
- You need 1 tsp of salt.
- It's 4 tbsp of oil.
- Prepare 4 tbsp of sweet soy sauce.
- You need 1 cup of water.
- Prepare 3 stalks of spring onion, cut lengthwise.
Babi Kecap is the ultimate comfort food for me. My mum always made this dish for us at least once a week. We always serve Babi Ketjap with cooked white rice, sambal paste, cucumber salad and little bowls of the peanut & coconut mix. 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.
Babi Kecap - Sweet Soy Pork step by step
- Sauté ginger, onion, star anise and minced garlic for 5 minutes over medium heat until the onions are soft..
- Add diced pork. Mix and coat the pork with the sweet soy sauce, salt, ground nutmeg and white pepper. Then add the water and cook on low heat with a lid on and let cook until the sauce reduces and thickness. Then add spring onions, cook for about a minute or so. Then turn the heat off..
- Serve with a nice warm jasmine rice..
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. How to make it Cut pork into strips. Another one's of Manado's classic The same as babi rica, I'd call this meal one of my "lazy meals". I cook them in big batches, eat some of them for dinner, keep some in. Kecap manis is such a deliciously versatile sauce and will do wonders for a vast variety of Asian-inspired dishes!