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Braised Pork Hock with Straw Mushroom

5 from 1 vote

Braised pork hocks with straw mush room, preserved daikon (salty white radish) is authentic Khmer recipe from country side. This is one of the simplest and common way of braising meats in the Cambodian cuisine, sometimes called Red Cooking or Red Braising, where fatty meat cuts are slowly simmered for hours on a slightly dark red-brown color sauce.

Braised Pork Hock with Straw Mushroom

Braised Pork Hock with Straw Mushroom

Recipe by Cambodia Recipe
5 from 1 vote

Braised pork hocks with straw mush room, preserved daikon (salty white radish) is authentic Khmer recipe from country side. This is one of the simplest and common way of braising meats in the Cambodian cuisine, sometimes called Red Cooking or Red Braising, where fatty meat cuts are slowly simmered for hours on a slightly dark red-brown color sauce.

Course: BraiseCuisine: Cambodian, VietnameseDifficulty: Medium
Servings

2

servings
Prep time

30

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes
Calories

1226

kcal
Total time

1

hour 

10

minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons 2 vegetable oil

  • 2 cloves 2 garlic, minced

  • 1 1 yellow onion, sliced

  • 2 lbs 2 (900 gram) of pork hock, cut 3 inches in length

  • 1 1 stalk lemon grass, cut 4 inches in length

  • 1 piece 1 salty preserved radish, soaked in warm water, rinsed and sliced thin

  • 7 cups 7 water

  • 1 1 canned straw mushroom, drained

  • 2 tablespoons 2 fish sauce

  • 1 tablespoon 1 sugar

  • 1/4 teaspoon 1/4 black pepper

  • 3 3 stalks green onion, chopped

Directions

  • Pre-heat a large soup pot, when it hot add oil.
  • Saute’ garlic, onion and pork hock.
  • Add lemon grass root, preserved radish and water, and cook till pork hock tender.
  • Add straw mush room and seasoning with fish sauce, sugar, and black pepper.
  • Top with green onion.

Recipe Video

Notes

  • Serve hot with rice.

Nutrition Facts

  • Serving Size: 2g
  • Calories: 1226kcal
  • Carbohydrates: 28g
  • Protein: 134g
  • Fat: 62g
  • Saturated Fat: 19g
  • Cholesterol: 417mg
  • Sodium: 2074mg
  • Fiber: 5g
  • Sugar: 10g

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