Taiwanese Minced Pork Rice 台湾卤肉饭

Taiwanese Minced Pork Rice Recipe

Ingredients

1 lb pork belly

2 cups of water

2 tbsp oil

mushrooms

1 small or medium-sized onion

1/3 cup Shaoxing wine

4-5 cloves of garlic chopped

2 tsp sugar

4 slices of ginger

4 Star anise

3 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp dark soy sauce

4 peeled hard-boiled eggs

1/2 tsp black pepper

Steps

1.     Add oil into the pot, put onions in and stir fry it for one minute.

2.     Put garlic into the pot and stir fry it for 30 more seconds, add mushrooms in and stir fry it for 2 minutes.

3.     Add sliced pork belly into the wok and stir fry for additional 3 minutes.

4.     Add soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, sugar, ginger, star anises, water into the pot.

5.     Cover the pot, simmer on low for 60 minutes.

6.     At this point, the soup will be sticky.

7.     Serve with steamed rice.

Reflection

Taiwanese Minced Pork Rice is one of the most popular dishes in Taiwan. This is the first time I have ever make this dish, and it tastes really good. The reason I wanted to try making this dish is that I have a Taiwanese friend feeling homesick. I made this for my friend. I went to the local Chinese market to buy all the ingredients, they were all cheap, and they all work well for my food. My friend really liked the food I made, she said although it doesn’t taste the same as the dish in Taiwan, its close enough and it still tastes good. She said she felt better after eating the food. I am glad she liked my food.