Description
A junk dish with addictive chewiness and spice aroma, where 'Mi Xue Gao' (solidified pig's blood and sticky rice) is deep-fried crisp, then stir-fried sweet/spicy with sesame oil, soy sauce, wine, and Taiwanese basil.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Mi Xue Gao(Pig's blood cake)
- Black sesame oil
- Rice wine
- Soy sauce
- Jiucengta(Taiwanese Basil)
- Whole garlic
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Mi Xue Gao Prep] Cut pitch-black block 'Mi Xue Gao (pig's blood and sticky rice cake)' sold in supers into bite-sized rectangles (or diamonds).
- Heat generous oil in a pan, 'shallow-fry' until the Mi Xue Gao surface is slightly crisp, then remove (coats the outside, makes inside chewy).
- Heat 'Black Sesame Oil' in a clay pot (or wok), slowly sauté unpeeled whole garlic and thick-sliced ginger without burning.
- Toss in the shallow-fried Mi Xue Gao.
- Add soy sauce, rice wine, rock sugar (Sanbei basic sauce).
- Boil down vigorously on high, tossing until the sauce thickens and completely coats the Mi Xue Gao.
- Right before turning off heat, mountain-heap raw 'Jiucengta (Taiwanese basil)', cover and steam for a few seconds to transfer basil aroma.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense black sesame oil and Taiwanese basil aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese cut Mochi (though flavor differs completely)
Pairing
Taiwan Beer or Oolong Tea
Trivia
[For Youth] The 'Mi Xue Gao' version of Sanbei Ji. Contains zero meat, but the heavy 'chewy, squishy' texture unique to Mi Xue Gao matches abnormally well with the intense sweet/spicy Sanbei sauce, holding ultimate destructive power as a youth drink snack.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Skewer the Mi Xue Gao—slightly charred like 'okoge' at the clay pot bottom—along with massive garlic and basil, tossing it in your mouth!
Allergen
Pork, Soy, Wheat, Sesame