Tau Eu Bak

Tau Eu Bak Recipe (27 April 2013)


Tau Eu Bak (Taiji Romanisation: tau33 eu3 bak3) is a popular and quite common Penang local dishes of meat in soysauce. You can often find as one of the dishes in many Economy Rice stalls. Many families in Penang have their own

Tau Eu Bak Recipe

Ingredients - to be marinated for 30 minutes

- 1kg pork belly, cut into desired thickness
- 5 tablespoons of soya sauce
- 3 tablespoons of dark soya sauce
- 10 cloves of garlic, lightly smashed
- 2 teaspoons ground pepper
- 1 star anise

Others ingredients - 3 beancurds, into quarters (optional)
- 100g chestnuts, soak to remove the inner skin or pellicle
- Potatoes, skinned and cut into desired size (optional)
- Chinese shittake mushroom, soaked (optional)
- Hard boiled eggs (optional)
- Pinch of salt

Steps for cooking Tau Eu Bak

- Rub the pork belly with salt to remove odour. Rinse with running water.
- Blanch the pork belly in boiling water, simmering for 5-10 minutes to remove impurities.
- Clean and cut the pork belly into desired thickness.
- Put the cut pieces into a pot.
- Marinate the meat with soya sauce, dark soya sauce, pepper, garlic and star anise. Let it stand for 30 minutes.
- Heat up the pot on stove, stirring the meat as the pot is being heated up.
- Keep stirring and turning the meat until the gravy is boiling.
- Pour hot water into the pot just to cover the meat. Add in the chestnuts, mushroom and potatoes.
- Simmer until the various items are cooked and the meat is tender.
- Pan fry the cut beancurd in a little oil until brown, then add to the pot. Add in the hard boiled eggs.
- Adjust the taste accordingly. Add soya sauce or a pinch of salt if it is not salty enough.

Note : You can also add in some crushed peppercorn or dried chili to enhance the taste.

Tau Eu Bak Recipe (7 July 2017)

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