Quail Egg Lu Rou Fan
The little gems are rumbling! Quail egg is the protagonist of the shining Lourohan
Description
An Instagrammable Lu Rou Fan where, instead of a large braised egg (Lu Dan), massive amounts of bite-sized 'quail eggs' are simmered together and piled onto the rice.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Quail eggs
- Pork belly
- Thick soy sauce
- Five-spice powder
- Fried shallots
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Hard-boil quail eggs and peel cleanly (store-bought canned quail eggs work too).
- Finely chop skin-on pork belly, sauté in a pot to render fat, and add rock sugar, fried shallots, soy sauce, rice wine, five-spice, and star anise for the base sauce.
- Pour water, simmer pork for about
- hour, then toss massive amounts of boiled quail eggs into the pot.
- Simmer for another
- mins to
- hour until the quail egg whites turn dark brown and the sauce umami penetrates to the yolk.
- Pour pork over rice, and luxuriously top with 5-
- brown-stained quail eggs.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Star anise and Five-spice powder
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Canned quail eggs
Pairing
Tapioca Milk Tea
Trivia
[Trend] Developed for those who find large egg yolks dry out their throats and for the photogenic-conscious crowd, gaining popularity as an evolved version at night market stalls.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Coat each small quail egg with rice, rhythmically enjoying the fluffy yolk and gooey pork fat in bite-sized portions!
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Wheat, Egg, Pork, Soy