Kuay Jap - Thai Recipe | Thai Food Guide | Thai Food Recipes

Kuay Jap - Thai Recipe | Thai Food Guide | Thai Food Recipes

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Kuay Jap (also known as Guay Jub) is a beloved Thai-Chinese noodle soup featuring unique rolled rice sheet noodles served in an aromatic five-spice broth. This

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Ingredients

  • 500 g pork shoulder or pork belly (kept in one large chunk for braising)
  • 6-8 cups water (adjust as needed during cooking)
  • 60 ml dark soy sauce (gives the broth its distinctive dark color)
  • 2 tablespoons palm sugar
  • 1 tablespoon rock sugar (optional, adds extra sweetness and gloss)
  • 1.5 teaspoons salt (adjust to taste)
  • 3-4 cloves garlic cloves (crushed)
  • 1 root cilantro root (or 2-3 cilantro stems as substitute)
  • 1.5 teaspoons white pepper (freshly ground preferred)
  • 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil (for frying aromatics)
  • 3 inches cinnamon stick (or use 2 tablespoons five-spice powder as substitute for all spices)
  • 2-3 whole pods star anise
  • 0.5 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
  • 3 pods white cardamom pods (lightly crushed)
  • 225 g dried guay jub noodles (rice flakes/chips) (also called sen kway jap or rolled rice sheets)
  • 60 g rice flour (mixed with water to create starch slurry)
  • 120 ml water (for mixing with rice flour)
  • 300 g crispy pork belly (sliced into bite-sized pieces)
  • 4 whole eggs (hard-boiled and halved)
  • 12 pieces fried tofu puffs (pre-fried tofu cubes)
  • 200 g pork offal (optional) (can include liver, intestines, or kidney - cleaned and prepared)
  • 4-6 teaspoons fried garlic in oil (gratiem jeow - essential garnish)
  • 30 g fresh cilantro (roughly chopped)
  • 3-4 stalks green onions (thinly sliced)
  • 100 g fresh bean sprouts (optional, added fresh to bowls)
  • 1 cup Thai chilies in vinegar (prik nam som - served on the side)

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