Nqaij Qaj Zib: Sweet Meat
Posted on 02 January 2010
One of my favorite dish that is always made at Traditional Hmong Parties/Traditional Rituals (Ua Neeg and Hu Plig) is nqaij qab zib, which translats into “sweet meat”. I always look forward towards this dish each time we have a family ritual. I never knew how easy it is to make until I made the dish myself. Believe me, it’s very easy to make, but then, very fatty. ahaha. Can’t help it, if it’s a good dish, I can’t complain, good thing I dont eat this dish as a everyday thing or I may be super fat. LOL
First boil some eggs and then peel it then marinate the boiled eggs in oyster sauce and the black soysauces
Here are the two main sauce I used, Oyster Sauce and Black Soysauce
sugar is a main ingredent!!!! i didnt take any pictures of sugar so I found this photo online. ahahaha
before you put the eggs in, you have to chop your meat and then boil it for a very long timeuntil it is super soft. Don’t forget to add a bit of salt into your boil pork. Once the pork is soft enough pour all the eggs into the bowl of boil pork and make sure you pour all the sauce from the marinated eggs, then for safety measurement add some more oyster sauce and black soysauce in there. Also add some Sugar in there, it’s a main ingredent, let it cook for a bit longer.
and the finished dish!!! yummmy!
yummmmmm!! with rice! The best ever!
7 responses to Nqaij Qaj Zib: Sweet Meat
lOl moze and her typos. I think you’re more worse than i am.
but dang girl that sure do look good. makes me want some right now instead of this healthy stuff i’m eating. hahaha
one of my favorite dish too…
It looks very much like Mou (pork) Parlo in Thai/Lao dish and they’ve a seasoning that you can buy at the Asian market, my dad loves to make this and freezes them, I like to eat the eggs and water part with white rice.
Nye, It might be the same thing. We like to make these for Hmong Parties, but I was craving so I decided to make some.
Lasia, It is yummy! Healthy stuff is always good! muahaha.
Ka, it is one of my favorite dish too!
Yum! I’ve never made it either but I somehow always make it in time to watch the beginning or end of making it. I heard that you can also make it in a slow-cooker. Thanks for the recipe and pictures!
Sue, I am not sureabout using a slow-cooker, but I don’t see why not! I think it may be the same because when I cooked the meat, I let it cook for a while until the meat is nice and soft. I am the same as you, I always end up seeing them make this dish either before or after the started and never get to see the whole thing so I called my aunt up and asked her how she would make it, and this is how she makes her so I had my attempt at it, it turned out pretty good and believe me, it’s a very simple dish!
Is it really that easy? I shall try it!