Braised roast pork and salted fish


ingredients:
  • 350 g roast pork, cut into 1 cm thickness
  • 150 g salted fish, cut into small pieces and deep-fried
  • 3 shallots, sliced
  • 4 garlic cloves, lightly bruised
  • 20 g ginger, sliced
  • 20 g red chilies
  • 20 g Thai bird's eye chili
  • 1/2 tbsp salt
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp kecap manis / Chinese dark soy sauce
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 cup cooking oil, more for deep-frying salted fish

directions:
  • Heat cooking oil in a wok over medium heat. Add chilies, shallot, garlic and ginger. Cook for a couple of minutes till fragrant. Add salt.
  • Toss in salted fish and roast pork. Stir-fry for another minute.
  • Season with soy sauce and kecap manis. Mix well.
  • Remove the dish from wok into a clay pot or small stock pot.
  • Add water and braise over low heat for 15 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and serve warm with rice.