Caramelized Pork Belly (Thit Kho)

Caramelized Pork Belly (Thit Kho)
  • 2 pounds pork belly, trimmed
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 5 shallots, sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 3 tablespoons fish sauce
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • 13 fluid ounces coconut water
  • 6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled


  1. Slice pork belly into 1-inch pieces layered with skin, fat, and meat.
  2. Heat sugar in a large wok or pot over medium heat until it melts and caramelizes into a light brown syrup, about 5 minutes. Add pork and increase heat to high. Cook and stir to render some of the pork fat, 3 to 5 minutes.
  3. Stir shallots and garlic into the wok. Add fish sauce and black pepper; stir to evenly coat pork. Pour in coconut water and bring to a boil. Add eggs, reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, until pork is tender, about 1 hour.
  4. Remove wok from the heat and let stand, about 10 minutes. Skim the fat from the surface of the dish.

05/16/2018
Caramelized Pork Belly (Thit Kho), recipe PT15M PT1H 5 455 calories

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