🇹🇼 Taiwan
Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice, made with supermarket ingredients
The authentic flavor in three easy steps with what any supermarket sells, in metric, for students and anyone cooking far from home (serves 2).
40 min2 to wash
3 lazy steps
- 1
Dice pork belly into small strips and brown in a pot over medium heat until fat renders.
- 2
Add minced garlic, fried shallots, soy sauce, sherry, brown sugar, five-spice, and water; add boiled eggs and simmer covered for 30 minutes.
- 3
Serve the rich pork and gravy over warm rice with a halved seasoned egg on top.
🇹🇼 How it's eaten in Taiwan
In Taiwan, it is commonly served alongside sweet pickled yellow radish and blanched greens to cut through the richness.
Ingredients (serves 2)
- pork belly250 g
- cooked jasmine rice500 ml
- hard-boiled eggs2
- fried shallots3 tbsp
Swap: crispy fried onions 3 tbsp（No frying needed）
- Shaoxing wine2 tbsp
Swap: dry sherry 2 tbsp（Replicates cooked aroma）
- soy sauce3 tbsp
- brown sugar1 tbsp
- five-spice powder1/2 tsp
Swap: pinch of cinnamon and black pepper（Easy spice substitute）
- garlic2 cloves
Authentic ingredients in Taiwan
- pork belly250 g
- cooked jasmine rice500 ml
- hard-boiled eggs2
- fried Asian shallots3 tbsp
- Shaoxing rice wine2 tbsp
- soy sauce3 tbsp
- dark soy sauce1 tbsp
- rock sugar1 tbsp
- five-spice powder1/2 tsp
- star anise1
- garlic2 cloves
Optional authentic touch
Traditional recipes simmer pork belly skin-on for hours using rock sugar to create a deeply gelatinous sauce.
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