Taiwanese Tempura (Tian Bu La)
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Description
Named after Japanese 'Tempura' (Satsuma-age). A street Xiaochi where fried fish paste, daikon, and pig's blood cake are simmered in bonito broth and eaten with a special sweet miso sauce.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Satsuma-age(Tian Bu La)
- Daikon radish
- Zhu Xue Gao
- Bonito broth
- Special sweet miso sauce
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Ingredients] Prepare 'Tian Bu La' (fried fish paste shaped into sticks or flats), 'Zhu Xue Gao' (pig's blood and sticky rice cake), daikon, and meatballs (Gong Wan).
- [Broth] Slowly simmer pork bones, bonito broth, and daikon in a large pot to make an umami-rich soup.
- Toss ingredients into this broth and simmer until flavors penetrate.
- [Special Sauce] Prepare a reddish-brown, thick sweet/savory sauce (Haishan Jiang base) by boiling down miso, ketchup, sugar, soy sauce, and rice flour with water.
- Plate the ingredients with a little broth.
- Pour the special sauce generously until ingredients are hidden, and scatter cilantro.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet miso flavor of the sauce
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese Satsuma-age, Chikuwa, Daikon
Pairing
Tapioca Milk Tea
Trivia
[For Everyone] 'Kansai Tempura (Satsuma-age)' brought during Japanese rule evolved uniquely. Though simmered in broth, topping it heavily with thick sweet sauce is the Taiwanese way. The sauce-diluted broth at the end is pure bliss.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] After eating all ingredients, ask the stall vendor to add 'soup (Tang)' to the sweet/savory sauce left in the bowl, dissolving the sauce and drinking it to the last drop!
Allergen
Wheat, Seafood (Fish paste), Soy