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6 Feb 2017

Kohcha Buta- Tea Boiled Pork

My friend brought this dish to a potluck party. The taste was amazing! The meat was so tender and full of taste. I could even smell the nice aroma of earl grey tea! I decided to try to make it. It was successful on my first attempt!!
Ready in: 2 days and 35 minutes, including 2 days of marinating

Ingredients for four:
1kg of pork tenderloin
6 bags of earl grey tea bags
In a pot:
400 ml of water
100 ml of soy sauce
100 ml of white vinegar
Equipment:
Large pot
Small pot
Large ziplock bag
Step 1: In a large pot, boil water and throw tea bags in to make very very strong tea.
Step 2: Remove the tea bags, and place the meat in. Lower the heat to medium to simmer it for 30-50 minutes. Add water to cover the meat. Cut the meat into a half if it doesn't fit in the pot.

Step 3: In a small pot, warm up water, soy sauce and vinegar togeter. Put it in a ziplock.
Step 4: Put the cooked meat in the bag. Throw out the tea. After cooling it down, leave it in the fridge for 2-3 days.

Step 5: Cut the meat as thin as possible.

Step 6: Eat it on a salad, in a sandwich, on ramen noodles, or make gravy with the marinating sauce.