Description
A famous snack from Yilan, northeastern Taiwan, where pork is dipped in a sweet special batter and deep-fried crispy on the outside and fluffy inside like a fritter.
Restaurants serving Yilan Deep-fried Pork (Buro)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Lean pork
- Flour
- Cornstarch
- Egg
- Sugar
- White pepper
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Cut lean pork (ham or tenderloin) into long sticks (or bite-sized).
- Season lightly with soy sauce, wine, sesame oil, and a little five-spice.
- [Biggest Point: Special Batter] Mix flour, cornstarch, egg, and 'plenty of sugar (or syrup)' with water to make a thick, sweet batter akin to pancake mix.
- Dip the seasoned pork heavily into this batter.
- Fry slowly like a fritter in a slightly low 160°C oil until the batter puffs up big and turns golden brown.
- Drain, serve with pepper salt (Jiao Yan Fen) on the side (since the batter is sweet, adding salt creates a sweet/salty flavor).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Batter sweetness and Five-spice
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Store-bought tempura flour mixed with sugar
Pairing
Taiwan Tea or Tapioca Tea
Trivia
[For Everyone] A must-eat specialty when visiting Yilan. 'Bu' means 'deep-fry' in Taiwanese. Because the batter contains sugar, it has a mysterious gentleness like meat wrapped in corn dog or pancake batter, hugely popular with kids and women.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Eat plain to enjoy the 'crispy-fluffy' batter and cake-like sweetness, then dip in pepper salt to enjoy a 'sweet and salty' flavor change!
Allergen
Wheat, Pork, Egg, Soy, Sesame