Jaw Phak Kat – Northern Thai Mustard Green Soup with Tamarind and Pork Ribs (Pok Pok)

As promised, here is a dish from Pok Pok, a Thai cookbook that has lots of detail and context for every recipe! I selected a mustard-green (yu choy) and pork soup.

Cook the pork longer than it says to. The soup can take more salt if you want. It needs rice or another starch. Handy Dexter 7″ butcher knife works fine for breaking up the ribs. It was actually kind of fun chopping them up!

The yu choy is mild in the soup. Not the most intense Thai flavor. The pork in particular can use more salt, so either salt more earlier or keep some malden nearby.

Joe’s Rating: 6
Difficulty: 5.5

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