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Bak kut teh

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Bak kut teh, whose name translates from Hokkien as meat bone tea, is a pork rib dish cooked in a herbal broth and popularly served in Malaysia and Singapore, particularly among Hoklo and Teochew communities. The pork ribs are simmered for hours in a broth flavored with star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dong quai, fennel seeds, and garlic, and despite the name the dish contains no tea leaves, only a broth that resembles herbal tea in color. In Malaysia it is traditionally served with fried dough and soy based condiments, while in Singapore it is often accompanied by a kung fu tea ceremony. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Course
Soup 1
Dietary Suitability
Contains Meat or Poultry 1
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1925 2
Origin Region
Malaysia 3
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In Cuisine

Source Bak kut teh (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Broth, Ingredients
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Cinnamon, Ingredients
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Clove, Ingredients
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Fennel, Ingredients
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1. Bak kut teh (Wikipedia)
  • entity record, SubLabel (course)
    SubLabel: Soups and Broths
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak_kut_teh (dietary-suitability)
    Bak kut teh is a pork rib dish cooked in broth popularly served in Malaysia and Singapore where there is a predominant Hoklo and Teochew community.
  • In Cuisine: Indonesian Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • Uses Ingredient: Broth, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Star Anise, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Cinnamon, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Clove, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Fennel, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
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2. Bak kut teh (Wikipedia)
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Established in 1925, owners of Pek Sin Choon claims that it had been supplying tea to bak kut teh stalls since its founding, but the business records were lost during World War II and the oldest preserved record by the business dates back to 1938.
3. Bak kut teh (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Malaysia
Quote, P495 (country of origin): Malaysia
Malaysia
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