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Recipe : Secret recipe of khau yoke (yam with belly pork)

I have tried making woo-thau khau yoke but failed miserably. After asking around, I got the secret recipe. Hahaha, it is a family secret so I shall just give the basics stuffs because I swear to keep the family secret, secret.

The photo doesn’t look too yummy because the yam was wayyy too floury and sort of melted.

Tips :

Recipe

Method

  1. Rub the whole slice of meat with dark soya sauce and pan fry till turn colour - remove from pan
  2. Rub the yam slices with dark soya sauce and pan fry - remove from pan
  3. Heat more oil and stir fry the pounded ingredients and the rest of the flavourings

When the meat is cool, cut into thick slices. Aha, no wonder I can never get nice slices of pork because it is hard to cut a raw meat but easy to slice semi-cooked meat. :) Rub the stir fried ingredients on the yam and pork. Lay them in layers in a deep bowl. Leave to season for a while. Steam over high heat for at least an hour. I used the pressure cooker. The pork was very soft but the yam was over cooked. Maybe local yam will be harder to turn into floury stuffs like that?

The taste of the khau yoke is exactly like those sold in restaurants. The quantity I gave above is very big. So, what I did was to keep half of the seasoned meat and yam in the freezer and will cook them another day. I am making a mental note to add some water into the bowl because there wasn’t enough gravy.

Yummm…the secret ingredient stays with me. Hehehe, sorry folks, I swear to secrecy!

Posted by lilian on August 22nd, 2006 under Food, Pork, Recipe

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10 Responses to “Recipe : Secret recipe of khau yoke (yam with belly pork)”

  1. Hijackqueen Says:
    August 23rd, 2006 at 2:11 pm

    I have a recipe using siew yoke instead of fresh pork belly. Maybe you can try that.

  2. laramommi Says:
    August 23rd, 2006 at 8:01 pm

    thanks for the recipe. been looking for it for a long time. can’t cook this till saturday cos that’s when hubbi return from singapore with my dark soya sauce. yep, can’t find any in Jkt.

  3. Ellena Says:
    September 2nd, 2006 at 9:15 am

    Hi Lilian,
    Thanks for sharing this recipe. I had tried cooking it and it taste good.. although i had not try this dish b4. :)

  4. earl-ku Says:
    September 2nd, 2006 at 3:03 pm

    Hijackquee: According to my mom, those who uses siu yoke are lazy, and using siu yoke in that portion is gonna be more expensive …

    This is the dish my father and the mens in his family are very good at, dunno why only the men knows how to do it … maybe my grandpa only teaches the boys …

    Normally when we have it, its gonna be like 10k at least of pork … and like 5k of yam

    The way you sliced the pork is lame … hahaha - the one my dad does is like at least 3/4 of an inch … so u take one piece its like a piece of steak … hahaha

    Its been a long long time since my father prepared one of this ….

  5. earl-ku Says:
    September 2nd, 2006 at 3:07 pm

    err u left out one step, or wat that also a secret step u not telling people?

    haha, its poking the pork with a sharp toothpick or anything sharp to allow the pork to absorb in the flavour …

  6. lilian Says:
    September 2nd, 2006 at 3:13 pm

    earl-ku - LOL, my blogger fren never tell me. Now I know another secret. Wuah…10kilo of pork? But hor, I hate the yam la, it melts before the pork softens.

    Ellena - Tks, it taste good as it is without the one more secret ingredient ah? Hahaha.

  7. Ellena Says:
    September 4th, 2006 at 3:43 pm

    Hahaha.. Lilian,
    Although i don’t know what is the last secrete ingredient but i think with it added it sure taste much more better than what we had now… but overall we are glad to have this recipe… :) Thanks

  8. KY Foong Says:
    November 17th, 2006 at 9:55 am

    Hi,
    I happen to stumble upon this blog. If I am welcome (I am a man and am a complete stranger to you folks), I can write a bit about this recipe on Khau Yoke. My family is hakka and my uncle was a cook for any village (back in M’sia) for any occasion. We pestered him to give us the recipe. He did before he went to the other world. I am afraid to tell much less I break into other people’s secret. However I am prepared to discuss (so I said about the welcome thing).

  9. shila kaur bajoy Says:
    December 18th, 2006 at 6:19 pm

    Shila says:

    Wow I am so greatful to your Khau yoke recipe.Back in time when we were young and stayed with our Ah Mah (granny)this is one fav dish but ever since she’s away we never tasted the dish and I am thankful to you lilian eventhough the secret ingredient is not in.

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