Tau Ew Bak (豆油肉)

Otherwise known as stewed pork with soy sauce, this is one of my favourite (albeit a little unhealthy) dishes. I've recently made it with some of the more authentic ingredients, but am modifying it here to accommodate ingredients only found in Tesco.

I think this was what a senior of mine from university tried to do, it was otherwise known as Coca-Cola chicken, but the result tasted nearly exactly like tau ew bak anyway.

Ingredients:
250g chicken or pork (pork belly meat preferred but rather unhealthy)
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
200ml water
1 can Coca-Cola, full sugar, not diet Coke
1 teaspoon chopped ginger (Tesco sells this pre-cooked)
1 teaspoon chopped garlic (Tesco sells this pre-cooked)
1 teaspoon chopped red onion or 1/4 red onion, chopped
Salt to taste

Method:
Marinade meat with soy sauce, sugar and 1/2 can of coke. Leave to stand for 30 minutes to allow coke to flavour through and lose the bubbles.

In a heated pot, fry ginger, garlic and red onion until fragrant. Throw in the marinated meat including the liquid from the coke. Bring to a boil then add water and allow to simmer for 1-2 hours to soften the meat and reduce sauce until it is a sticky gravy. Add salt to taste if required.

Comments:
The original recipe calls for dark soy sauce, which is incredibly difficult to find here, even from an Asian supermarket. Another recipe I found called for sambal belachan which unless personally imported by friends/family from Singapore or Malaysia, is nigh impossible to get.