Description
A local dish where Madake bamboo shoots (Gui Zhu Sun) from Taiwanese mountains are hand-torn and stir-fry-braised soft with pork belly fat, soy sauce, and garlic.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Gui Zhu Sun(Madake/boiled bamboo shoots)
- Pork belly
- Garlic
- Soy sauce
- Red chili
- Sugar
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Bamboo Prep] Prepare 'Gui Zhu Sun' (Madake: long, thin, slightly acidic) sold boiled in bundles in Taiwanese markets.
- Instead of cutting, 'tear thinly by hand along the fibers (Shou Si)' (increases surface area for better flavor absorption).
- Shred pork belly (or Hakka salted pork).
- Oil a wok, fry pork to extract massive 'pork fat (lard)'.
- Add minced garlic and red chili for aroma.
- Toss in hand-torn Gui Zhu Sun, stir-frying to coat the bamboo entirely in pork fat.
- Add soy sauce, a little sugar, wine, water; cover and 'stir-fry-braise (Men Chao)' on medium for 10-
- mins until bamboo is wilted and soft.
- Done when liquid reduces and soy color infuses the bamboo.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Scorched soy sauce aroma and pork fat
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Store-bought boiled menma or shredded bamboo shoots
Pairing
White Rice(makes you eat endless rice)
Trivia
[For Families] A home-style side dish representing Hakka cuisine. Gui Zhu Sun's synergy with oil is abnormal; absorbing pork lard transforms the hard bamboo into an 'umami mass'. Looks plain, but a rustic, highly addictive dish you invariably pick at Taiwanese Zizhu Can (buffet) side corners.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Since the bamboo has absorbed pork umami and soy sauce to the limit, eat this plain as a Xiaocai (snack), nibbling bit by bit while drinking!
Allergen
Pork, Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce)