This pork with soy sauce dish is delicious, easy to make and one of the few Balinese dishes that do not require a "spice sauce." Indeed, beyond the sweet and thin soy sauces (which you can buy at a Thai market), it doesn't call for any rare ingredients.

I doubled the original recipe as I was cooking for 8 people (this was one of 4 dishes I ended up serving) but didn't make any changes beyond that. I cooked it with a minimun of chilies, as I don't like my food too spicy, if you like yours on the spicy side you can use more (up to about 20). I was very happy with the results and I'm sure to make this dish again, specially as I have tons of sweet & thin soy sauces left over.

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Pork with soy sauce

Ingredients

3 lbs boneless pork shoulder, cubed

4 tbsp oil

10 shallots, peeled & sliced

10 cloves garlic, peeled & sliced

6" ginger, peeled & sliced lengthwise

8 tbsp. sweet soy sauce

4 tbsp. thin soy sauce

2 tsp. ground black pepper

4 cups chicken stock

10 Thai chilies

Instructions

Heat oil over medium heat in a heavy saucepan. Add sallots and garlic and fry until lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Add the pork and ginger and cook for 2 minutes. Add sweet soy sauce, thin soy sauce and black pepper. Mix and cook for 1 minutes. Add chicken stock and chilies. Simmer over medium heat for about 1 hour, until the pork is done and most of the sauce has evaporated.

Adapted from a recipe at the 99Bali.com website