Bak Steak is a hit among the children. My mother-in-law used to cook it for my children whenever she came to visit us. It is a good dish with both proteins and vegetables; in fact this is how we get the children to eat carrots, tomatoes and onions which add sweetness to the dish.
Ingredients:
- 250 g minced lean pork
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp flour (can be all purpose flour, corn flour or tapioca flour)
- 1 medium-size potato
- 1 small carrot
- 1 medium-size tomato
- 1 medium-size onion
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- Seasonings - dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, salt & pepper
- Water
Instructions:
- Wash and mince 250 g of lean pork. You may add a bit of fat meat for a smoother and moist texture when you chew the pork balls. The use of just lean meat will result in drier and harder pork balls.
- Peel, wash and cut the potato into 5 mm thick slices
- Peel, wash and cut the carrot into 3 mm thick rings.
- Wash and cut the tomato into wedges.
- Peel, wash and cut the onion into wedges.
- Put the mince pork, egg, flour, salt (according to taste) and pepper (according to taste) into a mixing bowl and mix them up.
- Heat up wok with oil.
- Using 2 spoons shape the pork batter into a ball and put it into the hot oil. Repeat this until all the batter is used up.
- Fry the balls until they are golden brown.
- Scoop them up into a wire-mesh ladle and let the oil runs off. Set aside.
- Using the same oil, fry the potato slices till they are three quarter cooked. Scoop them up and set aside.
- Remove some oil from the wok.
- Saute the garlic till fragrant.
- Add the carrots and fry them till they are slightly soft.
- Add the fried potato slices, tomato wedges and onions.
- Stir fry for a while.
- Add the pork balls.
- Add water, enough to cover the ingredients.
- Add seasonings - about 1/4 tsp of dark soy sauce for colour, light soy sauce (according to taste), salt (according to taste) and pepper.
- Let the sauce simmer slowly until it reduces (the amount depends on your preference) and the tomato and onion wedges and potato and carrot slices are soft.
- Scoop out and serve with white rice.
