Description
A stamina dish warming the core, fragrantly frying pork neck (Songban Zhu/Pork Toro)—yielding very little per pig—in massive black sesame oil and ginger, braised with rice wine.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Pork neck(Songban Zhu/Pork Toro)
- Black sesame oil
- Ginger(Lao Jiang)
- Rice wine
- Goji berries
- Salt
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Meat Prep] Thinly slice pork neck (Pork Toro), called 'Songban Zhu' in Taiwan (cut slightly diagonally to utilize its crisp texture).
- Heat plenty of Taiwan's specialty 'Black Sesame Oil' in a clay pot (or pan).
- Add massive 'thin-sliced ginger (Lao Jiang)', sauté slowly on low until edges curl and crisp, transferring aroma to oil.
- Toss in Songban pork, fry rapidly on high until surface turns white.
- Pour plenty of 'rice wine' and add goji berries.
- Season with salt and rock sugar, boil down slightly on high while evaporating alcohol.
- Remove quickly from heat while pork fat and black sesame oil completely emulsify, retaining the unique 'crisp, crunchy' bite of Songban pork.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense black sesame oil savoriness and ginger heat
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese Pork Toro (can be made identically)
Pairing
White Rice or Mianxian(Vermicelli)
Trivia
[For Adults] The pork version of Ma You Ji (chicken). Using 'Songban Zhu' (pork toro) instead of regular pork adds a unique crisp bite, showing a main-dish-level presence that absolutely holds its own against the rich sesame oil sauce. Perfect as a drink snack or rice side.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Dump white rice into the 'supreme sauce blending sesame oil and pork fat' at the clay pot bottom, topping with crispy ginger and pork toro to shovel down!
Allergen
Pork, Sesame