Braised Pork Leg - Kao Kah Moo

Name: Braised Pork Leg - Kao Kah Moo
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 1 pork leg; 1 cup vegetable oil to fry pork leg; 3 clove garlic minced; 1 tbsp ground white pepper; 5 coriander roots chopped; 1 stick cinnamon; 4 tbsp palm sugar; 1 tbsp Black soya sauce; 2 tbsp Thin soya sauce; 1 Pork stock cube; 2 liter water

7 steps

Prep:15minCook:3h

Key ingredient is Black soya sauce that gives caramelize color

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:38:05 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories991.6 kcal (50%)

Total Fat84.8 g (121%)

Carbs10.4 g (4%)

Sugars7.2 g (8%)

Protein45.3 g (91%)

Sodium1074.4 mg (54%)

Fiber1.6 g (6%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

1pork leg

1 cupvegetable oil

to fry pork leg

3clove garlic

minced

1 Tbspground white pepper

1 TbspBlack soya sauce

2 Tbspsoya sauce

Thin

1pork stock cube

2 literwater

Instructions

Step 1

In big pot, heat 1 cup of vegetable oil and fry pork leg about 3mins per side or until overall skin turns yellowish. Remove pork leg set aside

Step 2

Remove most of vegetable oil, leave about 1 Tbsp remaining in the pot. Add minced garlic, chopped coriander root, white pepper and cinnamon. Stir until golden brown

Step 3

Add palm sugar, stir until all sugar dissolves. Add thin soya sauce and black soya sauce, stir.

Step 4

Add water and a cube of pork stock into the pot. Stir until pork stock dissolved.

Step 5

Put pork leg back in the pot. Stock should cover 85% of pork leg. If it is too less just add more water.

Step 6

Cover the lid and braised for 1 hour before turn pork leg over and braised for another 2 hours or until the meat fall of the bone easily

Step 7