Recipe: Perfect Taiwanese minced pork rice bowl

Taiwanese minced pork rice bowl. Taiwanese Minced Pork Rice is called Lu Rou Fan or Rou Zao Fan. It is a signature Taiwanese dish, just like hamburgers to the Americans. Lu rou fan, a Taiwanese comfort food classic of braised pork belly over rice, is probably the best recipe to come out of our kitchen this month.

Minced pork rice is a rice dish that is commonly seen throughout Taiwan and Southern Fujian. The flavor may vary from one region to another, but the basic ingredients remain the same: ground pork marinated and boiled in soy sauce served on top of steamed rice. It is a type of gaifan dish. You can have Taiwanese minced pork rice bowl using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Taiwanese minced pork rice bowl

1. It's 1 lb of gound pork.
2. It's 4 of garlic cloves.
3. You need 1 tablespoon of dry shallots.
4. Prepare 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce.
5. You need 3 tablespoons of soy sauce.
6. You need 1 tablespoon of brown sugar (optional).
7. Prepare 1/4 cups of rice wine (mijiu).
8. You need 1 teaspoon of white pepper powder.
9. It's 1 teaspoon of five spice powder.
10. It's 3/4 cups of hot water.

Taiwanese Minced Pork - Ground pork is gently cooked and simmered in Taiwanese flavours for a super simple, low carb, one pan dinner with a powerful punch of flavour! Feel free to substitute with your choice of meat. Serve over rice/noodles or cauliflower rice for a low carb option and enjoy. Taiwanese minced pork rice is a classic Taiwan dish.

Taiwanese minced pork rice bowl instructions

1. Pan-fry ground pork until the fat is rendered. This takes about 10 minutes. Now the temperature is high enough for the next step..
2. Pan-fry sliced garlic and dry shallot with the meat and the pork fat. You should be able to smell the garlic in 1-2 minutes..
3. Stir while seasoning: add oyster sauce, soy sauce, and brown sugar (optional)..
4. Add rice wine and wait until boiled. Add white pepper and five spice, mix well..
5. Finally, add 3/4 cups of hot water, turn down the heat and stew for 30 minutes..

Depends on personal tastes and regions, there are a few varieties. Some use pork belly instead of minced pork; some add shiitake mushroom; some use eggs; some serve with noodles. But the main ingredients are always pork, shallot, and soy. The BEST savoury, rich meat sauce, braised to perfection. Without a doubt, Lu Rou Fan (滷肉饭) is one of the most iconic Taiwanese dishes.

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