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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Pork Jerky (Bakkwa / 肉干)




Ingredients:

600g minced pork/chicken
135g sugar
3 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp dark soy sauce (optional)
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tsp Shao Hsing wine
1 tsp Mei Kuei Lu Chiew (rose wine)
1/8 tsp liquorice powder
1 tbsp oil


Method:

  • Marinate minced pork with all the above ingredients. Leave it overnight in the refrigerator.
  • Preheat oven to 170 degrees C.
  • Place marinated meat on a piece of baking paper and cover with clingwrap. Using a rolling pin, roll the meat to a thickness of about 2mm.
  • Remove the clingwrap and place the baking paper with the meat on a tray.
  • Bake the meat in the preheated oven for about 20 mins. Turn it over and bake for a further 15 minutes. Take it out from the oven.
  • Cut the meat with scissors into smaller squares and grill the meat on both sides until you achieve the desired colouring.

14 comments:

  1. wow, i like your blog so much! thanks for sharing all these recipes. may i know where can i get this liquorice powder?

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    1. I got my liquorice powder from the asian grocery. Thanks for visiting my blog. Your comments are much appreciated.

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  2. Hello,

    I was wondering about the same too. Which asian grocery shop did you get the liquorice powder from? I love bah kwa so much. The last trip I was in S'pore I bought 2 kg for myself...did not share with anybody.....sounds terrible, right!

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    1. Hi Sue, you can get the liquorice powder from the Asian grocery shops or the Chinese medicine shops.

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  3. Hi Veronica, very nicely baked your bak-kwa. yummy..:)

    Ade-SG

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  4. Hi Veronica, So neatly cut. Looks yummy! I guess it's about time for me to make some for the coming Chinese New Year too! And thanks for sharing the addition of liquorice powder!

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  5. what is liquorice powder??? What is it called in Chinese??

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    1. Liquorice powder is 甘草粉. You can get them from the Chinese medicine shop.

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  6. hi,
    aiyo your bak kwa so so finger licking good,,n i think
    singapore bee chun hiang cannot fight with u,,
    haha,,,btw,,can i omit the fish sauce?,,,
    ( cos we cant take this sauce at home)
    thanks for your kind sharing,
    jean--sg

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    1. I am sure fish sauce is not a must. Maybe you can substitute with light soy and you'll get some colour for your bak kwa. As far as Bee Chun Hiang bak kwa, I dare not even compare with them. They are the professionals. But thanks for your kind words anyway.

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  7. WILL YOU BAK KWA GET HARD AFTER 1 NIGHT?

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    1. Hi, the bak kwa won't get hard after one night. Just store them in a container.

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  8. Hi Veronica,

    Can I omit liquorice powder?
    Thanks

    Ling

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    1. Hi Ling

      Sorry for the late reply. Yes you can definitely omit the liquorice powder.

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