Peranakan Babi Pongteh/ Nyonya Pork Stew 娘惹豆酱焖猪肉 [Pressure Cooker Recipe]

Babi Pongteh is a Peranakan pork stew flavored with fermented bean paste, added gula Melaka for the sweetness and aroma. This dish required at least 2 hours of slow cooking over the stove to tenderize the meat. In this blog post, I'm sharing a simplified recipe using pressure cook method.

Ingredients:

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The recipe adapted from HERE. 

550g Pork Belly

Marinade:

1 tbsp Tapioca Flour

1 tbsp Light Soy Sauce

1 tsp Sesame Oil

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4 Dried Shiitake Mushroom (soaked, reserve the water, cut into chunks) 

200g Potatoes

70g Shallots, minced

25g Garlic, minced

1 Cinnamon Stick

30g Fermented Soy Bean Paste (salted or spicy)

15g Palm Sugar/ Gula Melaka

1 tbsp Oyster Sauce

1 tsp Dark Soy Sauce

1/2 tbsp Light Soy Sauce

Optional: 1/4 tsp Salt or adjust to taste

Some Water and Cooking Oil 

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Method：

1. Combine the pork with the marinade ingredients, let marinate overnight in the fridge.

2. Lightly coat potatoes with some oil, air-fry 210'C for 6 minutes. Remove the potatoes from the pot, set aside. 

3. Heat some oil, fry the shallot and garlic till fragrant, stir in fermented soybean paste, add in mushroom and pork, stir fry until half-cooked, add in potatoes and cinnamon, continue to stir fry for a minute.

4. Add in the rest of the ingredients. Top up some water to 4 cups level.

5. If cooking with rice, use a rack and place the rice on top. Rice and water ratio is 2:3.

6. Pressure cook for 10 minutes, natural pressure release 10 minutes. Serve warm. 若喜欢我的食谱，可以LIKE和追随我的面书专页，不要错过最新食谱发布。

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