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malaysian bak kut teh pork ribs soup - pork ribs, mushrooms and gogi at the middle with soup in the pot. Two pieces of garlic at side as decoration.

Herbal Pork Ribs Soup (Malaysian Bak Kut Teh 肉骨茶)

To count the most traditional dish/food in Malaysian, Bak Kut Teh must be one of the representative that shouldn’t be missed.  Malaysian Bak Kut Teh is a famous and healthy soup consist of few ingredients – pork ribs and few Chinese herbs.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine Malaysian

Ingredients
  

Main Ingredients

  • 600 g Pork Ribs
  • 4-5 pieces Dried Mushroom
  • half piece Garlic
  • 1 pack Bak Kut Teh soup
  • 1.5 L Boiled Water

Seasonings

  • 4 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp Salt

Instructions
 

  • Prepare all ingredients. Soak dried mushroom in water for 2hrs.
    malaysian-bak-kut-teh-pork-ribs-soup- pork ribs at the left, soup pack at the middle, mushroom at right hand side with garlic and all seasoning.
  • Boil the pork ribs in boiling water for 15 minutes.
    Pork ribs in the middle of boiling water
  • Rinse the pork ribs with cold water.
    Boiled pork ribs rinsed by cold water
  • Prepare 1.5L boiled water in pot. Add the Bak Kut Teh soup pack and peeled Garlic gloves into the pot and stew for 30 minutes.
    Tips: Pat the garlic gloves beforehand to release the flavours.
    Bak kut teh soup packs and garlics boiled in a pot of boiling walter
  • Add the pork ribs and mushrooms into the pot and cover it. Stew it with medium heat for another 1.5 hrs.
    Mushroom, pork ribs inside the pot of bak kut teh
  • Add all the seasonings into the pot. Then wow~ This warm and healthy "Tea" is ready to serve! :)
    Adding black soy sauce into the brown bak kut teh
Keyword Bak Kut Teh, Malaysian, Pork Ribs, Soup