Burmese pork offal skewers

Burmese pork offal skewers, also known as wet tha dok hto (Burmese: ဝက်သားတုတ်ထိုး, pronounced [wɛʔθádoʊʔtʰó]; lit. 'pork on a skewer'; also romanized wet thar doke htoe) are pork offal skewers simmered in light soy sauce, and popularly served as a street food in Burmese cuisine. The skewers are dipped in a garlic and chili sauce. The street food resembles the Indonesian sekba and the braised meats in the Malaysian and Singaporean dish kway chap.

Pork offal skewers

Alternative names	Wet tha dok htoe
Place of origin	Myanmar
Created by	Sino-Burmese people
Main ingredients	pork offal soy sauce
Similar dishes	Kway chap, Sekba, Phá lấu, Lou mei
Cookbook: Pork offal skewers

The cuts of pork meat used in the skewers include the internal organs of the pig, including its ears, skin and cartilage, tongue, and offal, including the liver, heart, intestines, kidneys, spleen, lungs.[1][2] The meat is well cooked in a large pan on a charcoal stove before simmering. The broth is made of light soy sauce, sugarcane, five-spice powder and bayleaf, ginger, oyster sauce, and an assortment of herbs, including lemongrass, mint, coriander, basil.[1]

This street food first emerged in Yangon Chinatown, and is now ubiquitous in the city.[3] The earliest documented reference to Burmese pork skewers is a 1941 cartoon illustrated by Ba Gyan.[4] Skewers are sold by the stick, and traditionally, street vendors set up stalls around which patrons gather and sit to enjoy.[3][5]

References

1. "သန့်ရှင်းတဲ့ ဝက်သားတုတ်ထိုး အိမ်မှာ လုပ်စားကြည့်ရအောင်". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
2. "Pork on Stick (Wet-thar-dote-htoe)". Today in Myanmar. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
3. Ramsey, Adam (2015-04-27). "Yangon's 'Pork on Stick' Is More Than Just Pork on a Stick". Vice. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
4. ဘိုဘို (2019-02-06). "ခေါက်ဆွဲစားတဲ့ မြန်မာများ". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). Retrieved 2021-01-14.
5. Allen, Darina. "Darina Allen finds new flavours in Myanmar". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-06-07.