Babi panggang
(Babi pangang, Panggang)
Babi panggang is an Indonesian term which refers to a wide variety of grilled or roasted pork dishes. It is believed that the tradition of preparing pork in Indonesia grew out of Chinese culinary heritage, and because of religious reasons pork dishes are usually found in areas with a predominant Christian and Hindu population. Besides the extremely popular babi guling, the Balinese suckling pig, there is a broad category of different grilled pork dishes traditional to the area of North Sumatra.
Before grilling, the meat is usually marinated in a mixture of traditional Indonesian spices, such as ginger, garlic, galangal, and Indonesian soy sauce ketjap manis. The spices penetrate and coat the meat, keeping it tender and packed with flavor.
When grilled, the meat is usually served sliced and it's accompanied by rice, cabbage, fresh green vegetables, spiced pig blood, and the spicy sambal andaliman. Read more
Occasionally, babi panggang can refer to a slightly varied dish, which includes grilled pork slices, but also pork soup, and sliced Indonesian blood sausage. Under a somewhat different name babi pangang, this Indonesian delicacy is also widely popular in Netherlands.
It was exported during the colonization period and slightly differs from the original. The Dutch prefer to douse the meat in the sweet and sour sauce and traditionally boil the meat before grilling. Occasionally, they even fry it. The original babi panggang is usually found in many traditional Sumatran restaurants, while the Dutch variety is one of the most popular options enjoyed in Chinese restaurants in the Netherlands.
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