Description
A hearty rice ball where a whole (or half) 'Xiangchang'—Taiwanese sausage featuring five-spice and sweetness, grilled over charcoal—is wrapped in glutinous rice.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Long-grain glutinous rice
- Xiangchang(Taiwanese sausage)
- Pork floss
- Youtiao
- Garlic
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Prepare 'Xiangchang', Taiwan's unique sweet and spiced raw sausage.
- Slowly grill the sausage in a pan (ideally over charcoal) until the casing bursts and fat oozes, becoming fragrant.
- Steam long-grain glutinous rice.
- Spread rice, layer with pork floss, Suan Cai, and Cai Pu.
- Place the hot sausage front and center, adding a few slices of raw garlic (optional).
- Squeeze firmly together with Youtiao. The sausage's sweet fat soaks into the rice.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Five-spice aroma and sausage fat
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Sweet coarse-ground sausage, Five-spice powder
Pairing
Warm Oolong Tea
Trivia
[Hardcore] Realizing the Taiwanese iron rule of 'raw garlic with sausage' inside a rice ball. A friend to workers and students, waking the stomach with intense garlic and meat fat.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] With every bite, mix the sweet meat juices popping from the sausage with the raw garlic's heat in your mouth and devour!
Allergen
Soy, Pork, Wheat