Lu Rou Fan

Name: Lu Rou Fan
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Taiwanese
Ingredients: 600g pork belly, diced small; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp dark soy sauce; 2 tbsp rice wine; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp five-spice; 5 shallots, thinly sliced and fried; 2 star anise; 3 hard-boiled eggs

Taiwanese braised pork rice — fatty pork belly simmered in soy and five-spice until deeply caramelised, ladled over rice with a soft-boiled egg.

Total time

110 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

90 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Taiwanese

Ingredients

600gpork belly, diced small

3 tbspsoy sauce

2 tbspdark soy sauce

2 tbsprice wine

2 tbspsugar

1 tspfive-spice

5shallots, thinly sliced and fried

2star anise

3hard-boiled eggs

Instructions

Fry shallots in oil until very golden and crispy. Remove.

Fry pork belly until fat renders. Add soy sauces, rice wine, sugar and spices.

Add 400ml water. Simmer covered 1 hour.

Add whole eggs. Simmer 30 more minutes until eggs are brown and pork is very tender.

Serve over steamed rice with halved egg, fried shallots and pickled mustard greens.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

926

Protein

22.9g

Fat

85.2g

Carbs

17.9g

Fiber

2.6g

Sodium

1079mg

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