Thursday, December 1, 2016

BAK KWA / PORK JERKY


pork jerky or bak kwa in chineses,is so welcome during the chinese new year.Almost every family will buy a pack or more.it quite expensive as well,I do tried making in the past recipes from internet,but the taste not right.gave up ,until I saw this blog,Miki 's food archives,decided to try again and i was happy with the result similarlity from outside stall sold.I use the chinese rose wine.

BAK KWA / PORK JERKY

Ingredients;
250g fresh minced pork with some fat
Seasoning;
50g sugar
7g light soy sauce
10g oyster sauce
1/3 tsp salt
23g honey
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp cooking wine /shaoxing ( i use rose wine)
a dash of white pepper powder.
Method.
1.in a bowl, mix together all seasoning.
2.add in minced meat,stir the mixture with a pair of chopstick in one direction(circular movement,clock wise ./anti clock wise) until mixture becomes sticky and gluey about 5 min.
3.cover with cling wrap,keep in fridgre and let marinade for 2 hour.
4.remove from the fridgre,preheat oven 160 degree( upper and lower heat ).use spoon ,spread the minced meat evenly over bakinf sheet (32x22 cm ).
5.bake in a preheated oven 160 degree for 20 minutes middle rack.
6.remove baking sheet from oven.reset temperature to max.240 degree grill mode.meanwhile slice the pork jerky or bak kwa with a pizza cutter,( I use knife).
7.when oven preheated,return the pork jerky to the oven,rack 4 above the middle rack grill for 3 minutes.
8.pull out the baking sheet from the oven.use a tong to flip over the porky jerky and continue to grill for 2 minutes.
9.reset the temperature to 200 degree,flip over the pork jerky one again and grill for 1 minutes.
For step 7-9,time maybe vary beacuse every oven are different.make sure watch closely on the baking progress,not to burn the pork jerky