Ingredients:

1/2 lb cuttlefish
10 tofu puffs
1/2 can button mushroom
A few lettuce leaves

Method:

1. Soak the cuttlefish in cold water with some baking soda (to get rid of the fishy smell) for 30 minutes.
2. Rinse the cuttlefish with cold water and drain.
3. Slit the body of the cuttlefish with shallow horizontal and vertical cuts so they curl up once cooked.
4. Heat up a small pot of water and bring it to bowl. Drop the cuttlefish into the boiling water and as soon as they curl up, remove it from the stove, drain the water, and set aside.
5. Transfer a big bowl of Bak Kut Teh broth into a claypot. Heat up the claypot and bring the broth to boil.
6. Add the mushrooms, tofu puffs, and cuttlefish into the broth and boil for 5 minutes.
7. Toss in the lettuce leaves and serve immediately.

Tagged as: Herbs • Mushrooms • Pork Ribs

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