Vietnamese Caramel Pork

Name: Vietnamese Caramel Pork
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1/2 cup / 100g brown sugar, tightly packed; 1 tbsp water; 1 kg / 2 lb pork shoulder ((butt) or boneless skinless pork belly, cut into 3 cm / 1.2" pieces (Note 1a)); 1 1/4 cups / 375 ml coconut water ((Note 1b)); 1 eschallot / shallot (, very finely sliced (Note 2)); 2 garlic cloves (, minced); 1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce; 1/4 tsp white pepper; Red chilli and finely sliced shallots/green onions

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:1h 30min

Recipe VIDEO above. "Thit Kho To" - Tender pork in a sweet savoury glaze that has quite an intense flavour. Though made using coconut water as the broth, but it doesn't have a coconut flavour at all! It looks so unimpressive right up until the end when it magically transforms into sticky caramelised pork pieces!

Updated at: Sun, 05 Sep 2021 15:19:23 GMT