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Slow Cooked Taiwanese Braised Pork (Lu Rou Fan)
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18 INGREDIENTS • 7 STEPS • 2HRS 20MINS

Slow Cooked Taiwanese Braised Pork (Lu Rou Fan)

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This beloved Taiwanese comfort food is the perfect meal prep dish for a weekday lunch or dinner. Slowly cooking the pork with all spices and seasonings for 2 hours creates that flavorful, juicy, rich, and tender taste that just melts in your mouth. It is best served as a rice bowl dish with freshly cooked rice, bok choy, and braised boiled eggs. This Slow Cooked Taiwanese Braised Pork (Lu Rou Fan) is definitely a game changer.
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Peidi Lee
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This beloved Taiwanese comfort food is the perfect meal prep dish for a weekday lunch or dinner. Slowly cooking the pork with all spices and seasonings for 2 hours creates that flavorful, juicy, rich, and tender taste that just melts in your mouth. It is best served as a rice bowl dish with freshly cooked rice, bok choy, and braised boiled eggs. This Slow Cooked Taiwanese Braised Pork (Lu Rou Fan) is definitely a game changer.
2HRS 20MINS
Total Time
$2.12
Cost Per Serving
Ingredients
Servings
8
US / Metric
Pork Belly
1.5 lb
Pork Belly
cut into ¼-inch cubes
Cooking Oil
1 Tbsp
Cooking Oil
Dried Shiitake Mushroom
10
Dried Shiitake Mushrooms
soaked in ½ cup water and chopped (reserve the water)
Fried Shallots
1/2 cup
Fried Shallots
or Fried Onions
Fresh Ginger
1/2 in
Fresh Ginger, sliced
Garlic
3 cloves
Garlic, minced
Brown Sugar
2 Tbsp
Brown Sugar
Dark Soy Sauce
1 Tbsp
Dark Soy Sauce
or Soy Sauce
Egg
4
Eggs, boiled, peeled
Water
as needed
Hot Water
For Serving
White Rice
1 1/3 cups
White Rice
4 up to 6 cups cooked rice per 8 servings
optional
Pickled Red Onions
1/4 cup
Bok Choy
2 1/2 cups
Bok Choy
blanched
optional
Black Sesame Seeds
1/2 tsp
Black Sesame Seeds
optional
Nutrition Per Serving
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Calories
684
Fat
52.7 g
Protein
15.3 g
Carbs
35.1 g
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step 1
Heat the dutch oven over high heat add Cooking Oil (1 Tbsp) and sauté the Pork Belly (1.5 lb) until it turns golden brown and the fat renders out.
step 2
Add Fresh Ginger (1/2 in), Garlic (3 cloves), Brown Sugar (2 Tbsp), and stir fry until sugar is dissolved.
step 3
Add the Dark Soy Sauce (1 Tbsp), Light Soy Sauce (1/2 cup), and Shaoxing Cooking Wine (2 Tbsp) wine. Stir well.
step 4
Then add Chinese Five Spice Powder (1 tsp), Dried Shiitake Mushrooms (10), Fried Shallots (1/4 cup), and Star Anise (1) Mix well and cook for 1-2 mins.
step 5
Add the mushroom soaking water, and hot Water (as needed) into the pot to just cover the pork. Bring to a boil. Then cover with a lid. Continue cooking on low heat for 1.5-2 hrs. If you want to serve it with boiled eggs, you can add them to braise with pork now.
step 6
Remove the lid and turn the heat to high to thicken the sauce, and cook for 5-10 more minutes. Stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. The sauce should be thick enough to coat a spoon, but there should still be plenty of it left.
step 7
Ladle the pork over cooked White Rice (1 1/3 cups). Top with Bok Choy (2 1/2 cups), boiled Eggs (4), Pickled Red Onions (1/4 cup), Fried Shallots (1/4 cup), and Black Sesame Seeds (1/2 tsp). Serve warm.
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Dairy-Free
Asian
Comfort Food
Lunch
Shellfish-Free
Dinner
Fall
Pork
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