Lu Rou Fan - a beloved Taiwanese dish of succulent sweet and savoury slow-braised pork belly over steamed rice.
Cuisine
Time
1 hr mins
Servings
4 people
Ingredients
1kg pork belly
Tbsp lard
20g Dried Shitake mushroom
50-70g Fried Shallots
50-70g Fried Garlic
100g Light soy Sauce
20-30g Dark Soy Sauce
500ml-1000ml Rice Wine
500ml–water (to top up)
50g Rock Sugar, Crushed
2 tsp white pepper
1 tbsp 5 spice or 13 spice.
1 Spring Onion, Whites finely chop, green cut in an angle for garnish.
Method
Cube the Shitake Mushrooms and separate the spring onions whites from the greens. Chop the green spring onion into rings, and dice the whites. Dice the pork belly.
