EATS: Thit Kho - Vietnamese Braised Pork Belly and Eggs

My day job is banking analyst at Whole Foods Market so naturally we talk a lot about food at work. :) One of my co-workers that I am pretty close with is Vietnamese. She, Kim, helps me recreate some wonderful traditional Vietnamese dishes. One of them being thit kho, which is a caramelized braised pork belly and eggs. This adapted from The Ravenous Couple, which can be found here.  Kim advised on a couple of changes and those are included below:

The ingredients:

Saute the garlic and shallots: 

Add the pork belly:

 

Add seasoning:

 

Add the hardboiled eggs and coconut water:

 

Cover and braise for 2 hours:

Add to a bowl for rice and enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 lbs. pork belly

2 shallots

4 garlic cloves

4c coconut water

3 tbsp. fish sauce

1 tbsp. agave nectar

1 tbsp. pepper

1/2 tbsp. salt

4 eggs

Serves 4

Directions:

1. Hard boil the eggs. (I did 6 instead of 4 because we love eggs!)
2. Thinly slice shallots and garlic.
3. Slice pork belly into 1"x2" pieces.
4. Mix together fish sauce, agave nectar, pepper, and salt.
5. Saute shallots and garlic in dutch oven.
6. Add pork belly and sear meat.
7. Stir in seasoning and saute for a minute or two.
8. Add coconut water and eggs.
9. Cover and braise for 2 hours stirring occassionally. 
10. Eat with rice and veggies.