Description
Taiwan home cooking king 'Braised Pork Belly (Hongshao Rou)' recreated with winter melon (or konjac) as fat and gluten/soy meat as lean meat. A moving level of fake braised pork.
Restaurants serving Vegan Braised Pork Belly
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Winter melon
- Kuruma Fu(or Soy meat)
- Soy sauce
- Star anise
- Rock sugar
- Ginger
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Cut winter melon skin-on into blocks, boil soft (this becomes the 'fat/skin' layer).
- Rehydrate Kuruma Fu (or soy meat chunk), marinate in soy (this becomes the 'lean' layer).
- Stack winter melon and gluten, secure with bamboo skewers, dust with starch, shallow-fry briefly (*Artisan tech to look like a meat block).
- Put soy, star anise, rock sugar, ginger in a pot, simmer this 'fake meat' until gooey and chopstick-tender to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Heavy sweet medicinal aroma of star anise and soy
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Irreplaceable as the zenith of Taiwan Su Shi)
Pairing
White Rice(top on rice for fake Lu Rou Fan)
Trivia
[Hardcore] Terrifying Taiwan Su Shi tech shattering the concept 'Buddhist food leaves you hungry'. Looks completely like 'glossy pork belly', but biting unleashes supreme star-anise soup from winter melon, while gluten flawlessly acts the meat texture. A miracle dish offering 100% braised pork euphoria at half the real calories.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Sandwich this fake braised pork in 'Gua Bao (white buns of Taiwan hamburger)', top with peanut powder and cilantro to devour as 'Vegan Gua Bao'!
Allergen
Wheat, Soy