Cooking My Mom's Braised Pork Belly | Mixed Chef Speaks HOKKIEN Chinese

My mom makes a special appearance to show me her self-proclaimed "BEST" and "FAMOUS" Braised Pork Belly recipe aka Kong Bak Bao! BUT to make things interesting, we do this almost ENTIRELY in HOKKIEN Chinese.
Lots of people my age no longer speak Chinese dialects like Hokkien, and mine is pretty atrocious, but I thought I'd give it a go! I feel like we ended up doing more laughing than cooking, but I hope you enjoy it anyway.
This dish is perfect for Chinese New Year, family gatherings and for anyone you don't mind going through lots of steps for.
RECIPE BELOW!!!
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Ingredients
1 kg of pork belly (approximately 1 feet long x 3 inches wide) - cut into 2 pieces for ease of blanching and frying
20 pieces of Chinese dried mushrooms (pre-soaked till soft, remove stalk)
Water for blanching
Oil for frying (semi-deep frying)
Marinade
5 tablespoons dark soya sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
3 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
2 teaspoons white pepper powder
2 teaspoons five spice powder
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 tablespoons chinese cooking wine
3 to 5 cinnamon sticks
5 to 8 pieces of star anise
2 whole bulbs of garlic
Method
1. Bring water to boil in wok or pot and blanch the pork belly for approximately 30 seconds. You will notice that the meat is slightly cooked and the skin is slightly toughened.
2. Remove from water and drain. Prick the skin with the sharp end of a knife or sharp fork.
3. Next, heat up oil in wok and fry the pork belly 20 seconds on each side (skin side and meat side).
4. Remove and place on a rack for to cool and to let excess oil drip. You will notice that the meat and skin is now slightly browned and the whole piece of pork belly is slightly firm.
5. Cut the pork belly into 1.5cm-width slices.
6. Place the pork belly slices together with mushrooms in a suitable container and marinade them with the marinade above overnight.
7. After marinating, arrange the pork belly slices on a tray (suitable for steaming) and pour all the marinade over it.
8. Steam it for at least 1.5 hours.
9. To serve, steam to heat up the buns.

[@gerardyee5756]

Sarah is amazing. You are good at expressing in Hokkien. I speak both Hokkien and Hakka, some mandarin and Cantonese too. All totally different dialects. Obviously I grew up Hokkien, speak Cantonese because I studied abroad and with Cantonese friends, speak Mandarin because of work life and speak Hakka because I’m married.

[@bryanjjlim]

This is absolutely a joy to watch on so many levels: (1) Speaking Hokkien, on a (2) CNY dish, with (3) some D D B B cool beats! Despite the struggle with the Hokkien, I could feel the effort and the fun in watching you and your mum host the show! Thank you, I enjoyed myself and learnt a “CHUT MIA” recipe!

[@mchandra66]

I’m hokkien from Medan, Indonesia and I love your videos!!! I have been in the U.S. since the age of 5, but very few of my family still speak hokkien so I’m so happy to hear you and your mom speak it. I will forward to my 5 kids.

[@BabelSpeak]

Totally cracked up!😂🤣 love how cool and unfazed your mum is. May finally learn how to make braised pork after all...

[@alexislim80]

Hope u can make more video speaking hokkiem with your mum!i enjoy watching it everytime!

[@stuwy]

Love the hokkien versions !! Hahahahahha reminds me of when the grandkids try to speak Hokkien with the grandparents and getting told off the grammar and vocab is all wrong so stick to Mandarin or English. 🤣 so funny it’s good learning process though.

[@green-eyedmonster]

Hey Sarah, really love your hokkien cooking videos wz mom. So hilarious and endearing. Keep it coming ok ? Cheerios !

[@jx9936]

Sarah you're absolutely sensational, and what a delightful recipe with your equally lovely momma. Happy CNY and stay fabulous Queen Sarah!

[@makeurworldbeautiful]

Your hokkien cooking w momma videos just popped up on my yt feed lately and so my mom and i watched all your videos. Hopefully you’ll be making more vids, we really enjoy watching them!!

[@tea-and-biscuits]

Loved the dynamic between you and your mum which was so sweet and cute! Thank you for the wholesome and educational content!

[@henryhc]

Love this episode! And your mum is so cute! Laughing while enjoying the whole cooking process. 😄

[@darkjedi7]

Thanks for sharing my fave dish ever! Also you look fabulous as always ❤️

[@Jtsh706]

Very hilarious. Mom is very patient. Mom n daughter good relationships

[@SquidDesign]

This was such fun to watch. I hope to see more. My family is from Taiwan originally and Hokkien dialect was my first language, now mostly forgotten, but when I hear this it comes back. My daughter is learning mandarin but wants to learn hokkien too. More vids with Ma like this please!

[@Tekhelet75]

Well looks like your Taiwan relatives originate from Fujian province. Unless you have Taiwan islander native genes.

[@user-ce3jb6nq7i]

Yes please encourage her to learn hokkien its a great skill for her and she would be proud of it

[@YummYakitori]

@@Tekhelet75 what's the surprise.. More than 75% of Taiwanese are of Hokkien origin.. Even Hokkien has been unofficially dubbed the term "Taiwanese dialect" (台語) in Taiwan. Most of our Hokkien language media and songs originate from Taiwan too. Not more than a few % of Taiwanese are of Taiwanese aboriginal descent.

[@daphneong8232]

Sarah....You are so awesome! I am a Hokkien too! Love the episode . Your mother is loveable!

[@kimberleychan4378]

Hilarious! I'd love to see more Hokkien dishes and vids in Hokkien! I've lived away from home (penang, malaysia) for over 4 years now and I miss the language. Not a lot of people in Melbourne speak Hokkien so this vid made me v happy! Thank you 😊

[@Captain-Mayday]

this is gold!

[@glamglam]

love it!!

[@jessicajulie3719]

love thissss...❤️❤️

[@plaincrackers6438]

This is the most LOLs I've had in a while. Thanks Sarah and mum for the amazing hilarious video, and I learnt a yummy recipe!

[@tiffanyngu]

You are amazing, Sarah. Love watching your videos. They made me laugh. Keep it up!

[@steven.t27]

This just made my day! Keep up the good work!

[@MrJamesleeds]

More pls! Lol! This is fun!

[@damianloo1112]

Wow....I never knew that Sarah can speak Hokkien that well. She can speak Mandarin but Hokkien was so fluent. Preparing Chinese New Year food with our mother is so nostalgic.

[@2011Antidote]

Enjoyed watching your video, so hilarious. Reminds me of my Hokkien standard too LOL

[@mindwhacker]

This is so funny! Well done for trying so hard 😂😂😂💪💪💪😸😸😸

[@chilipadi2306]

Aiya, lu kalu amak Hokkien oay kong ka chin ho tiah. Gua a Hokkien oay si lakchap pacien bey hiaw kong, a si chitchap pacian ahiaw tiah. There are zero Hokkien people where I live. So thank you for sharing your hilarious and precious post. Hokkien tau ui bak is definitely on my next to cook list.

[@kevokevo3830]

😂😂😂❤️ Love love love this

[@judytan3301]

You are so adorable Sarah! 😂

[@iyang2341]

Dang I wish I could speak Hokkien as well as you so I can communicate with my grandma easier. I can only speak Mandarin and English and can't even make a complete sentence in Hokkien lol

[@outerspace7]

cracked me up so much!! :''D do it again!

[@ToToWildlife]

Look delicious 😋 And you looks happy 😊

[@baonhihang7313]

I was so happy to find out about your youtube so that I can learn more about my mother's heritage. When I was a kid my mom was the only Cantonese dish. The only time I got to eat Hokkien food was during the new year and my aunt make Hokkien dishes. I want to learn more. Can your mom do Hokkien zongzi, please?

[@beverlyteh4676]

I love this haha SUBSCRIBED! (HO CHIAK!)

[@MultiOranuch]

Nice and thank you for sharing, I am now studying more about HOKKIEN history and so on.. My grand mother´s mother emigrated to Thailand for more than 150 years ago. I only known from my mother. But my grand mother married to Navy soldier and she had adapted herselt a lot to be Thai lady regarding Thai tradition who married with high rank soldier. Therefore I have not know more about HOKKIEN Ancestor any more. Now I want to know more :-) Best wishes from Stockholm - Sweden

[@cloverseet]

This is so entertaining. Definitely brush up my hokkien.

[@amerlynteo8661]

Hi Gorgeous Sarah, I cannot wait to try your Endearing Mom's "chut mia kong bak pau" especially with tomato ketchup😁👍. By the way, your measuring spoon is "tablespoon"? Thanks for great sharing👏🙏👍. Have You shared " ngoh hiang" so far? Hope i didnt missed it🥰🥰. 新年快樂

[@assuntakoay2035]

Keep it up! Great viewing!

[@tankh5282]

Keep up your Hokkien spirit with great Hokkien dishes.👍😋

[@NgLiongHo]

Lír hó! Góa sī Lio̍k-liá Hok-kiàn Choân-chiu lâng...

[@se7en5es]

This is hilarious!!! XD

[@bernardsoh3938]

Very interesting Sarah speaking hokkien speaking, i am a baba hokkien. Mixture of malay and hokkien languages. Got speaking a bit of bahasa Indonesia too But, Sarah you speaking quite well.

[@doriswaddington2418]

Agak agak! Hahaha we say that a lot in my family!

[@Sundrop2204]

Hey Sarah, saw your video on FB first, and it had me and hubby in stitches 🤣🤣🤣 so I found you again on KZbin and rewatched this. 😍 You are such a great inspiration to all the “bananas” and “potatoes” 🤪😂👏👏👍 out there who are Chinese and can’t speak a word of their dialect/mother tongue which I think is so important in learning their own tradition and culture. The essence of learning is really not being afraid to speak and practise often (with your mum in this case!😁) even at the expense of being laughed at and you did that. Thanks for the great recipe and Hokkien lesson! Your hokkien is actually not bad! Buay pai buay pai!!👍😁😂😂

[@Patman-lc2xd]

Wow!!! Hokkien is soo close to Teochew! Wo bak le dah weh!!! Le hiet niaaaa!!!!

[@lessQQmorePewPew.]

This is hilarious to watch haha

[@Boorifee]

Wah kong ah. Ya gaw kong hokkien uwe ha

[@doriswaddington2418]

Your hokkien is perfect

[@gandaru1]

so cute both you and mom. the one in red is cuter

[@ray6335]

As a hokkien i agree hokkiens don’t have no chill HAHAH but your mom is p chill for a Hokkien mom mine would’ve shouted at me 10384920 times and ask me to clean the kitchen as we go

[@davidnhc]

This is more fun that watching gags....lols

[@kenogihebe]

All the hand movements coming out with the Hokkien 😂😂😂.. Btw, what filming setup do you use? I don't see any mics around but your voice is so lound and clear!

[@Felix_SG]

1 year later you get another subscriber for doing that video almost 100% in Hokkien. :)

[@doriswaddington2418]

Are you from Singapore? We are a mixed British family in Cambridge Uk

[@thulomanchay]

Fluency comes with thinking in Hokkien and having a good size vocabulary. Translating the thought causes hesitancy.

[@geraldkhoo88]

Walaueh...can learn Hokkien and cooking and enjoy comedy at the same time. Chinkawlat!

[@vishayapodcast2021]

teochew?haha

[@GaT-ik8mn]

Nigella of Singapore

[@davidwong3197]

Your mother speaks perfect Hokien Zhangzhou dialogue . Your grandparents must came come from zhangzhou Longhai county or Zhangzhou inside city.

[@sarahhuangbenjamin]

Wow that’s so interesting! My family is actually from Kinmen island!

[@dimitriuskhoo7774]

4:37

[@MarskOng]

omg I'm so sorry I cringed while watching you speak hokkien, but I want to say GOOD ATTEMPT! Kudos and keep practicing! Do more! And people always wonder why I sound so "aggressive" when speaking Hokkien. After watching your video, I realized IT'S JUST US HOKKIENS! LOL!

[@290400hans]

lol

[@GaT-ik8mn]

Why Sarah speak Hokkien like want to SEUH PAK! 😝

[@MotivationPassionAction]

Sarah, we need to get you outdoors and some sun. I want to see you as the female version of Peter Kuruvita....All the best.....

[@Tekhelet75]

Surname Huang, is Hokkien clan.

[@hartonostyle9875]

hokkian lang ? hehe tuajitchi haha

[@shunzhi]

should use these videos to teach dialect and history!

[@bornfree3531]

Siao liao....Sarah kong simi.?...

[@doriswaddington2418]

You are the female FransterWong from Nightowlcinematics Singapore

[@lawrencechua1012]

Why never hear leng dia before? Because Hokkien people never calm lah. LMAO

[@unklerolly]

sounds more teaochew than hokkien

[@hfhgfe]

How come you guys are speaking in Hokkien but your backgrounds is Hakka?

[@carrolltee5906]

ho kyaik

[@alikoubrujup_Italia]

Ngo huwei bak

[@carrolltee5906]

cha zuai ba hoke

[@helenechiang7133]

Good effort Sarah! But very painful hearing you speak Hokkien. 😂😂😂

[@corinachan8533]

I speak Hokkien like your mum, Sarah; actually listening to her is like listening to my own auntie talking! But to all intends and purposes I can speak Cantonese better...

[@Shinobi33]

You're very pretty.

[@ksleejerry]

Your Hokkien sucks big time girl!!! hahahahahaaaa.... But thank you for the video!

[@chorlauheung4920]

I only picked up some of the Hokkien because some similarities with Cantonese and Toishanese.