Description
Pork intestines (Feichang)—meticulously cleaned to the limit to remove odor—long-simmered gooey in rich Lao Lu spiced with star anise/Sichuan pepper. The peak of Taiwan offal.
Restaurants serving Braised Fatty Pork Intestines (Lu Feichang)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Pork intestines(Feichang)
- Coarse salt
- Flour
- Vinegar
- Soy sauce
- Rock sugar
- Star anise
- Sichuan pepper
- White cardamom
- Ginger
- Scallions
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Thorough Offal Washing & Inverting] Strongly massage-wash outside of pork intestines (Feichang) with coarse salt and flour. Next, 'completely invert' intestines, carefully scrape off excess fat chunks and dirt inside with a knife (*Leaving moderate fat is key to juiciness). Massage with vinegar to remove slime, wash completely under running water.
- [Double Parboiling for Odor] Parboil intestines
- mins in water with massive scallions, ginger, rice wine. Discard water, boil another
- mins in fresh scallion/ginger water. This completely erases beastly odor.
- [Long Simmering in Rich Lao Lu] Boil rich Lu Zhi based on soy, sweet Jiangyou Gao, rock sugar, adding star anise, cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, Cao Guo, and 'Bai Doukou (white cardamom)' to erase offal odor.
- [Forging Gooey Texture] Put parboiled intestines in Lu Zhi, simmer slowly on ultra-low for '
- 5-
- hrs'. Finish when chopstick-tender but retaining bouncy elasticity when bitten. Turn off heat, steep overnight, dyeing it beautiful tortoiseshell soy color. Slice diagonally to serve, top heavily with scallions.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Exotic star anise/Sichuan pepper aroma and rich pork fat smell、豚の脂の濃厚な匂い
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Pork small intestines (Lu Fenchang: lighter than large intestines)
Pairing
Kaoliang liquor、Mianxian(as Dachang Mianxian)
Trivia
[Hardcore] A part requiring so much pro tech/passion for prep it's said 'you know a Luwei stall's skill by eating their Dachang'. Biting through the intensely elastic skin causes a massive explosion of gooey sweet fat and herb soup in the mouth. A Taiwan masterpiece irresistible to offal lovers.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Sandwich 'white scallion curls' between diagonally sliced intestines, dip in Taiwan special garlic soy, devouring as the ultimate alcohol snack!
Allergen
Pork, Wheat (for washing/from soy sauce), Soy