Malaysian Bak Kut Teh

Name: Malaysian Bak Kut Teh
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 800g pork ribs; 1 whole head garlic; Bak kut teh herbal spice packet; 3 tbsp dark soy sauce

肉骨茶/bahk koot teh/

About this dish

Pork ribs simmered for hours in a fragrant herbal and spice broth, a beloved Chinese-Malaysian dish.

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Ingredients

🥩800g pork ribs

🧄1 whole head garlic

🌿Bak kut teh herbal spice packet

🍶3 tbsp dark soy sauce

Method

Serves 4

Blanch the pork ribs briefly to remove impurities.

Simmer the ribs with garlic, herbal spice packet, and soy sauce for at least 1.5 hours.

Continue simmering until the meat is very tender and the broth is fragrant.

Season with salt and pepper.

Serve hot with rice and youtiao (fried dough sticks).

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Bak kut teh is especially associated with Klang, Malaysia, valued for its deep, herbal broth from slow simmering.

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