Recipes · Singaporean · Main Courses

Kway Chap

One serving has 1,151 kcal and 36 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of cobalamin (389%), vitamin A (291%), riboflavin (136%), selenium (112%), niacin (80%) and phosphorus (79%). Ready in 110 minutes.

Kway Chap
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  • Preparation: 20 min
  • Cooking: 90 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (631 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Diets: Dairy-free, High protein
  • Contains: egg, gluten, pork, soy

Ingredients

  • 70 g Rice noodles, dry
  • 130 g Pork belly, raw
  • 30 g Pork liver, raw
  • 30 g Tofu, fried
  • 50 g Eggs, whole, raw
  • 1 g Anise seed
  • 0.5 g Cinnamon
  • 10 g Soy sauce
  • 6 g Garlic, raw
  • 300 g Water
  • 3 g Sugar
  • 0.8 g Salt

Method

  1. Hard-boil the egg for 9-10 minutes, then cool, peel and halve.
  2. Simmer the pork belly with the garlic, star anise (anise seed) and cinnamon in the water for 1-1.5 hours until tender.
  3. Add the soy sauce, sugar and salt, then add the pork liver and tofu puffs and simmer 8-10 minutes more until the liver is cooked through (74 °C/165 °F).
  4. Boil flat rice noodle sheets until tender, drain, and divide into a bowl.
  5. Slice the braised pork belly and liver and arrange with the tofu puffs and egg over the noodles.
  6. Ladle over the braising broth to serve.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy1,151 kcal54%
Carbohydrates66.3 g
Water441 mL
Fiber2.9 g10%
Protein36 g75%
Tryptophan0.32 g
Threonine0.95 g
Isoleucine1.1 g
Leucine1.9 g
Lysine1.5 g
Methionine0.53 g
Cystine0.42 g
Phenylalanine1.2 g
Tyrosine0.89 g
Valine1.4 g
Histidine0.61 g
Fat81.5 g
Monounsaturated35.7 g
Polyunsaturated12.2 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.04 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-610.6 g
Saturated28.1 g
Trans-Fats0.02 g
Cholesterol370 mg
Calcium196 mg20%
Copper0.54 mg60%
Iron11.2 mg62%
Magnesium56.9 mg18%
Manganese1.2 mg69%
Phosphorus550 mg79%
Potassium540 mg11%
Selenium61.7 µg112%
Sodium1,144 mg
Zinc5.1 mg63%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.71 mg65%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)1.5 mg136%
Niacin (vitamin B3)11.2 mg80%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)3.3 mg65%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.6 mg46%
Folate (vitamin B9)100 µg25%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)9.3 µg389%
Choline186 mg44%
Vitamin A2,035 µg291%
Vitamin C10.1 mg13%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)41 IU7%
Vitamin E1.1 mg8%
Vitamin K2.8 µg3%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

1.2 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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