Vietnamese
Thit Kho Mang (Pork Braised with Bamboo Shoots)
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Thit Kho Mang (Pork Braised with Bamboo Shoots) is Vietnamese home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the pork belly into large chunks and slice the bamboo shoots into thin strips.
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Melt the sugar in a heavy pot over medium heat, swirling, until it turns a light amber caramel, about 4 minutes.
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Add the shallots and stir 30 seconds, then add the pork and toss to coat, searing on most sides, about 5 minutes.
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Pour in the fish sauce and 2 cups water, add the black pepper, and bring to a simmer.
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Cover and braise over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the pork is nearly tender, about 30 minutes.
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Add the bamboo shoots and continue simmering, uncovered, until the pork is fully tender and the sauce has reduced, about 15 minutes more.
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Scatter with scallions and serve hot, with rice served alongside. This is a cold-weather braise, the kind a northern household turns to once the weather turns.
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Serve it with
A Vietnamese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Thit Kho Mang (Pork Braised with Bamboo Shoots), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Thit Kho Mang (Pork Braised with Bamboo Shoots) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 650 kcal
- Protein
- 17 g
- Carbs
- 4 g
- Fat
- 63 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 980 mg
- Saturated fat
- 23 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Thit Kho Mang (Pork Braised with Bamboo Shoots) takes about 55 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in winter and the fall, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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