Bak Kut Teh

Ingredients:
600 gram of meaty pork ribs and/or prime ribs
1 cup of dried Chinese shitake mushroom, soaked and stem removed
1 cup of button mushroom
2 strips of dried bean curd skin
Handful of lettuce leaves, soaked for 15 min
1 – 2 whole garlic, with skin intact
1 pot of water, 50% filled (about 2000ml)
1 packet of ready packed Bak kut teh herbs.

Seasoning:
2 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
2 tablespoon of oyster sauce
4 tablespoon of light soy sauce
Pinch of salt


Instruction:
Blanch pork ribs in boiling water. Bring a pot of water to a boil over high heat. Place pork ribs, shitake mushroom, Chinese herbs (or the spice packet) and whole garlic into the boiling water to cook over medium fire, for 30 min.

Add in button mushroom, boil for another 10 min. When pork rib is cooked and tender, stir in seasoning i.e. dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, and salt. Put in lettuce, before heat off. Serve hot with "You Tiao" and dipping sauce.