Home made bak kwa

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Ingredients (results in 10 rectangular pieces, each 5cmx7cm)

3tbsp of fish sauce

Half a tbsp of light soy sauce

Half a tbsp of oyster sauce

230g of minced pork 70g of sugar

1 drop of red food colouring

Mix all the sauces and sugar into a bowl and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the minced pork into the bowl and marinate the meat well. Add the red food colouring. Leave the marinated meat for at least two hours. You can choose to leave it overnight in the fridge. Preheat the oven to 120C for 20 minutes. Grease the baking tray or wrap it with aluminum foil.

Use a tablespoon to spread the marinated minced pork thinly (no thicker than 0.5cm) over the tray. Place the tray into the oven set at 150C for one hour. Use the grilling function in your oven. After half an hour has passed, the meat would be semi-cooked. Take out the tray from the oven and using a tablespoon spoon, cut the meat into rectangles. Then flip the meat over to the other side and pop the tray back into the oven. Once the full hour passes, the bak kwa is done. You can eat it immediately, but we suggest, for extra crunch, put it into the toaster oven for 3 minutes before consumption.

Result

Not bad for a first attempt. I found that it was a bit on the salty side and surprisingly despite all that sugar, didn't seem sweet enough. Next time, I would

1) cut the salt

2) use brown sugar to bring out the taste

3) Add 1/2 tbsp of 5 spice powder

4) cut the cooking time by 5 minutes so that it's less dried out and burnt

5) Omit the red food colouring. It isn't necessary!

Updated recipe: http://simmetra.blogspot.com.au/2018/02/bak-kwa-take-2.html