Taiwan

Lu Rou Fan

Name: Lu Rou Fan
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Taiwan
Ingredients: 500 g Pork belly, finely diced; 3 tbsp Fried shallots; 2 tbsp each Soy sauce (light & dark); 1 tsp Five-spice powder; 1 tbsp each Shaoxing wine & cane sugar; some of each Garlic & ginger; 4 bowls Cooked rice

Taiwanese braised pork belly over rice

Lu rou fan is the epitome of Taiwanese home cooking and a quiet national dish. Finely diced pork belly braises slowly in soy sauce.

Five-spice powder and rice wine give the sauce its depth; served over steaming rice it is an affordable, warming everyday meal.

Servings4

Time75 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Pork belly, finely diced500 g
Fried shallots3 tbsp
Soy sauce (light & dark)2 tbsp each
Five-spice powder1 tsp
Shaoxing wine & cane sugar1 tbsp each
Garlic & gingersome of each
Cooked rice4 bowls

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Sear the pork belly in a dry pot until crisp.
Add garlic, ginger and the fried shallots.
Deglaze with soy sauce, wine, sugar and five-spice.
Cover with water and braise gently for 60 minutes.
Spoon over rice, lovely with half a braised egg.

Make it original

Five-spice powder, fried shallots and Shaoxing wine are in the Asia Boutique.

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