Babi kecap

 ( Balinese Cuisine ) 

Babi kecap is an Indonesian braised pork with sweet soy sauce ( kecap manis).

W. Shurtleff (2025). 9781928914440, Soyinfo Center. . ISBN 9781928914440

It is a Chinese Indonesian classic, due to its simplicity and popularity among Chinese Indonesian households. It is also popular among non-Muslim Indonesians, such as the Balinese people, Ambonese people, , , Dayak people, and in the Netherlands among the Indo people, where it is known as babi ketjap, owing to colonial ties with Indonesia. In the Netherlands, the dish might also be served within an opulent rijsttafel banquet.

The dish is believed to be based on Southern Chinese braised pork in soy sauce know in Indonesia as babi taotjoOost-Indisch Kookboek|1896|Page 123|G. C. T. VAN DORP & Co. without the Tauco because of its unavailability in the past. However, it is more Indonesian in nature, because of the mild sweetness introduced by Indonesian kecap manis (sweet soy sauce). It is sometimes prepared with a sweet chili sauce.

In Bali, babi kecap is consumed at festivals such as Galungan and Nyepi.

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Ingredients The basic recipe, commonly used by Chinese Indonesians in their households, usually requires cuts of pork belly simmered with sweet soy sauce, spiced with garlic, shallot or onion, and a dash of salt. The popular recipes employed elsewhere — from restaurants in Chinatown in Indonesia to Bali and the Netherlands, may include additional ingredients, such as lemongrass, ginger, tomato, shrimp paste, salam leaf (Indonesian bay leaf), white pepper, and red Chili pepper. If sweet soy sauce is not available, it can be substituted with normal soy sauce mixed with ground palm sugar or brown sugar. The less hot and spicy bell pepper may be used to replace red chilies.

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Variations

Pork belly is usually the preferred cut of pork meat for babi kecap. However, other cuts of pork meat or offal may also be used in similar soy sauce-based recipes. Derivatives of this recipe that substitute the use of pork belly include sengkel babi kecap, which uses pig trotters, and sekba, which is a Chinese Indonesian pork offal stew that may also include pork liver, nose, tongue, ear, tripe, and intestines.

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Similar dishes

It is very similar to another Indonesian favorite called semur daging, although semur is usually made of beef and potatoes with slightly different spices. The chicken variant is called ayam kecap ore Kip Smoor in Dutch. The word semur is a corruption of the Dutch word smoor (smoren is to braise in Dutch). Originally Indonesian semur dishesKitab masak masakan India|1845|Page 33|Batavia, Lange & Co are heated in butter instead of oil hinting at a Dutch origine. Smoor can also be found in former Dutch colonies Sri Lanka and Malacca.

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See also

• Ayam kecap
• Babi hong
• List of stews
• List of pork dishes
• Semur

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External links

• Various Babi Kecap recipes (in Indonesian)

Categories: Balinese Cuisine, Batak Cuisine, Indonesian Chinese Cuisine, Manado Cuisine, Indonesian Fusion Cuisine, Dutch Fusion Cuisine, Pork Dishes

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