Taiwan

Taiwanese braised pork rice

Name: Taiwanese braised pork rice
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Taiwanese
Ingredients: 400 g skin on, in small dice pork belly; 1 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 8 sliced and fried crisp shallots; 5 cloves minced garlic; 1 1/2 tbsp sugar; 2 1/2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp dark soy sauce; 1/2 tsp chinese five spice powder; 1 pod star anise; 1/4 tsp white pepper; 1 2/3 cups water; 5 hard boiled and peeled egg; 1 1/2 cups raw cooked rice; Bok choy (pak choi), blanched greens to serve

Melting, soy braised pork belly spooned over rice with a marbled egg. Taiwan's comfort bowl.

90 minTime

20 gProtein each

mildSpice

Night market comfort2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayDiced pork belly braised with fried shallots and soy over rice.

The original

775kcalsame

20 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

90minutessame

Lu rou fan, Taiwan style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Pork belly400 g, skin on, in small dice

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp

Shallots8, sliced and fried crisp

Garlic5 cloves, minced

Sugar1½ tbsp

Soy sauce2½ tbsp

Dark soy sauce1 tbsp

Chinese five spice powder½ tsp

Star anise1 pod

White pepper¼ tsp

Water1⅔ cups

Egg5, hard boiled and peeled

Rice1½ cups raw, cooked

Bok choy (pak choi)blanched greens to serve

Method

5 steps

1Fry the shallots in oil until golden and crisp. Lift out.
2Fry the pork in the shallot oil until the fat renders and edges brown.
3Add garlic and sugar and stir until the sugar melts and caramelises.
4Add soys, five spice, star anise, pepper, water, the eggs and half the shallots. Simmer covered on low for an hour.
5Stir in the rest of the shallots. Spoon pork and sauce over rice with a halved egg and greens.

Serve it like this

Spoon pork and sauce over a small bowl of rice, add half a braised egg and a few greens, and serve with pickled radish or cucumber.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Taiwan

Taiwanese braised pork rice

Melting, soy braised pork belly spooned over rice with a marbled egg. Taiwan's comfort bowl.

90 minTime

20 gProtein each

mildSpice

Night market comfort2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayDiced pork belly braised with fried shallots and soy over rice.

The original

775kcalsame

20 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

90minutessame

Lu rou fan, Taiwan style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Pork belly400 g, skin on, in small dice

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp

Shallots8, sliced and fried crisp

Garlic5 cloves, minced

Sugar1½ tbsp

Soy sauce2½ tbsp

Dark soy sauce1 tbsp

Chinese five spice powder½ tsp

Star anise1 pod

White pepper¼ tsp

Water1⅔ cups

Egg5, hard boiled and peeled

Rice1½ cups raw, cooked

Bok choy (pak choi)blanched greens to serve

Method

5 steps

1Fry the shallots in oil until golden and crisp. Lift out.
2Fry the pork in the shallot oil until the fat renders and edges brown.
3Add garlic and sugar and stir until the sugar melts and caramelises.
4Add soys, five spice, star anise, pepper, water, the eggs and half the shallots. Simmer covered on low for an hour.
5Stir in the rest of the shallots. Spoon pork and sauce over rice with a halved egg and greens.

Serve it like this

Spoon pork and sauce over a small bowl of rice, add half a braised egg and a few greens, and serve with pickled radish or cucumber.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Taiwanese braised pork rice

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Ingredients

Method

Taiwanese braised pork rice

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Ingredients

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