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Tom Khem

Braised pork with hard boiled eggs

Course Main Dish
Cuisine Laotian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 5
Author Jen Jen

Ingredients

  • 3 lbs pork butt cut into bite size pieces
  • 1.5 inch ginger sliced
  • 1.5 inch galangal sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 C sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 3 T fish sauce
  • 1 T light soy sauce
  • 3 tsp dark soy sauce
  • 5 C water
  • 5-8 eggs hard boiled

Instructions

  1. On low heat, caramelize the sugar. Stirring as the sugar turns a golden brown.

  2. Add the ginger, garlic and galangal and stir until golden and fragrant

  3. Add the pork butt, salt, pepper, fish sauce, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce.

  4. Stir until the ingredients are mixed well and the pork starts to brown.

  5. Add the water and bring to a boil.

  6. Add the hard boiled eggs and simmer for 20 minutes until the pork is cooked and the eggs are brown.

  7. Serve with jasmine rice.