Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, lu rou fan (滷肉饭 - taiwanese braised pork rice bowl). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Lu Rou Fan (滷肉饭 - Taiwanese braised pork rice bowl) is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Lu Rou Fan (滷肉饭 - Taiwanese braised pork rice bowl) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

The difference is in the aromatics and spices used, as well as the size at which the pork belly is cut. While hong shao rou involves big, luscious chunks of pork belly, lu rou fan is almost like a braised meat sauce. In the old days, eating meat was often a luxury.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lu rou fan (滷肉饭 - taiwanese braised pork rice bowl) using 28 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lu Rou Fan (滷肉饭 - Taiwanese braised pork rice bowl):

1. Get For the eggs:
2. Get 6 eggs
3. Make ready Water, enough to cover the eggs (to boil the eggs)
4. Prepare 1 kg pork belly, sliced into 1inch chunks (butchers or supermarket)
5. Prepare 1 teaspoon cooking oil (optional, if pork belly does not have enough fat)
6. Take For the marinade in muslin:
7. Prepare 2 bay leaves
8. Make ready 3 starainse
9. Prepare 2 cloves garlic
10. Take 2 thick ginger slices
11. Get 3 stalks spring onions
12. Take 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
13. Make ready For the stockpot:
14. Make ready 2 tablespoons cooking oil (any oil of preference)
15. Take 3 ginger pieces, sliced
16. Take 2 white onions, cut into chunks
17. Take 5-7 carrots, sliced
18. Take 5-6 shiitake mushrooms, rehydrated and finely sliced
19. Get 2 teaspoons 5 spice powder
20. Prepare 1 teaspoon Taiwanese salt & pepper mix (optional)
21. Make ready 1/2 cup light soy sauce
22. Prepare 1/3 cup dark soya sauce
23. Prepare 1/4 & 1/3 cup Shaoxing rice wine (1/4 added at start, 1/3 added part way through)
24. Prepare 60 g rock sugar (use more or less depending on preference)
25. Make ready 1 dash sesame oil (pure or blended)
26. Prepare Cornflour mixture (1 tablespoon cornflour, 1/2 teaspoon water mixed, thickens sauce, optional)
27. Make ready Garnish:
28. Make ready Spring onions, finely sliced (optional)

It is a signature Taiwanese dish, just like hamburgers to the Americans. Joanne has recorded a how to make Braised pork on rice (Lu Rou Fan) 滷肉飯 cooking video so you can see and follow the timings, chopping sizes, and method step by step, as she prepares this delicious Taiwanese traditional food. This is a satisfying and simple dish which is definitely Taiwanese, another Taiwanese signature flavour. This is a traditional homestyle cooked Taiwanese dish because pork belly is not an expensive meat and it's great comfort food to ladle over a bowl of hot rice.

Instructions to make Lu Rou Fan (滷肉饭 - Taiwanese braised pork rice bowl):

1. For the eggs, in a large pot on medium heat. Add cold water and add the eggs into the pot. Bring it to a boil and once water is boiling set timer to cook eggs as per preference. Tip: cook eggs for 5 minutes for soft boiled, 7 minutes for almost set, 10 minutes for hard boiled. Once cooked immediately transfer eggs to a large mixing bowl filled with ice cold water to stop it cooking. Set aside.
2. Cut the pork belly (I used butchers pork) slices into 1/2 inch thickness and transfer onto a plate. In a medium size pan, on medium heat. Let the pan heat up for a minute and add the pork belly slices. Tip: if pork belly does not have enough fat content add oil when searing meat). Cook and sear meat until it has browned.
3. In a muslin (optional) add the dry ingredients, ginger slices, garlic cloves, bay leaves, Sichuan peppercorns. Then tie up the muslin securely and set aside.
4. In a stockpot on medium heat add oil, then add the onions and ginger slices, sauté for a 3 minutes until onions are slightly soft. Add the pork belly slices, muslin (dry spices) and stir.
5. Let the flavours infuse in the pot for a few minutes. Then add the carrots and shiitake mushrooms. Incorporate all of the ingredients well, for the aromas to be released. Add enough water to cover the pork, along with the dark soy, light soy, 1/4 cup shaoshing and a dash of sesame oil. Stir, add the rock sugar and mix well. Let the rock sugar dissolve, taste the sauce and adjust as needed (add more rock sugar or soy) and let it simmer for 15 minutes with a lid on.
6. Remove the lid, stir all of the ingredients together. Cover again with a lid and let it simmer for another 20 minutes. After second simmer add 1/3 cup shaoshing rice wine. Stir well to incorporate into mixture. Add the pre boiled eggs and reduce the heat to low. Now let it simmer for another 20 minutes to let the eggs marinade and for the meat to become soft and tender. Turn the eggs every so often to fully coat all over.
7. The sauce will slowly reduce and the meat will become soft and tender. Tip: If the sauce is loose, add a small amount of cornflour mixture to thicken it. Once the sauce has reduced and the meat is tender turn off heat and serve immediately while hot.
8. Place rice on plate and ladle over the Lo Rou fan. Remove an egg from the pot, carefully peel egg as it will be hot. Once the shell has been removed, cut egg in half. Garnish with spring onions on top (if adding to dish).

Just like the famous red braised pork belly in mainland China, lu rou fan (卤肉饭/滷肉饭, braised pork belly with rice) is one of the most popular comfort foods in Taiwan. There's another variation that uses ground pork instead of pork belly. Making lu rou fan in a clay pot or regular saucepan on the stove top can be tricky sometimes. The most value-for-money bowl of Lu Rou Fan comes from Mr Lorbak, run by second generation hawkerpreneur William Liou (@william_lioukj), Mr Lorbak himself. Masterchef John Zhang shows you simple minced pork over rice (滷肉飯/魯肉飯) recipe with step by step instruction.

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