Braised Egg With Tau Pok

One of the weekend,  I decided to go Chinese for our lunch and came up with this braised egg and tau pok. Reason being, I want to clear my tau pok stock which taking up the space in my fridge. My impulse buying landed me with two big packets of fried tau pok. That's how the Chinese lunch happened with braised egg and taught pok which we usually order whenever we dine out in Chinese restaurant.

I simply love the dark hue on all the ingredients. The sauces added to the broth coated well to all the ingredients to infuse the sweet and salty flavor. And the tau pok burst in your mouth with oozing broth of the flavorful gravy is indeed a pleasure. You may add Chinese rice wine to the dish but,  I added rice vinegar instead since we are not into adding alcohol to our food (to tell the truth,  none of us consume one) so,  there's no wine or other spirit to be added. The girl's simply love the crunch peanuts in the yummy dishes and the hint of sweetness from the vibrant wolf berries. Serve immediately with white rice to enjoy the taste of home cooked braised broth. 

Ingredients 

3 hard boiled eggs, peeled

6 pcs tau pok, halved 

2 tbsp light soy sauce

2 tbsp dark soy sauce

2 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp sweet soy sauce

1 tbsp Chinese rice vinegar 

1 tsp sesame oil

600ml water

1 tsp all spice powder

1 cinnamon stick

1 star anise

2 shallots,sliced

4 slices galangal

4 slices ginger

4 cloves garlic, smashed

1 lemongrass,bruised

1/3 cup raw peanuts, boiled

1 tsp brown sugar 

2 tbsp goji berries 

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp ground black pepper 

1 tsp brown sugar

1 tbsp mushroom seasoning 

2 tbsp cooking oil 

Methods

Heat oil in a pan over medium flame and add cinnamon stick, star anise and shallots. 

Saute for 5 seconds and add garlic, galangal, ginger and lemongrass till fragrant.

Add water and add dark soy, light soy, sweet soy, oyster sauce, rice vinegar and sesame oil. Stir and add the tau pok.

Season with salt, pepper,all spice powder,goji berries and mushroom seasoning.

Add boiled peanuts,hard boiled eggs and brown sugar. Stir. 

Bring to boil and reduce heat to medium to simmer for 20-25 minutes or till the gravy reduce by stirring every now and then. 

Remove from heat and serve immediately.