Description
Just throw cut pork and seasonings into the inner pot, switch on Taiwan's ubiquitous 'Tatung Cooker'. Leaving it alone completes gooey Lu Rou as if simmered for hours.
Restaurants serving Tatung Cooker Lazy Braised Pork
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The Recipe section below is a general reference, not a recipe from the listed shops.
Recipe
Ingredients
- Pork belly
- Boiled eggs
- You Cong Su(Fried shallots)
- Soy sauce
- Sugar
- Star anise
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Cut pork belly (or cheap block meat) bite-sized.
- Put pork, boiled eggs, soy, water, sugar,
- star anise, and a massive amount of 'You Cong Su (fried shallots)' sold in Taiwan supers into the Tatung 'inner pot'.
- Pour
- cups water into Tatung 'outer pot'.
- Set inner pot, cover, press switch down.
- ~
- mins later, when switch pops up 'clack', leave on keep-warm for
- hr to infuse flavor to the limit to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet medicinal star anise aroma and scorched soy smell
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Chicken thigh (as Tatung Cooker Braised Chicken Thigh)
Pairing
White Rice(infinitely edible)、Boiled greens
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Lanren' means lazy. Uses no fire, so perfect braised pork completes while gaming or doing assignments in your room; Taiwan students' ultimate lifehack. Make it once, and you can survive for days pouring it over white rice as 'Lu Rou Fan'. A god-tier recipe.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Put a piece of Taiwan 'Doufu Ru (fermented tofu)' in the inner pot as a secret flavor, boosting the braised pork richness/umami to restaurant grade!
Allergen
Pork, Egg, Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce)