Taiwanese Braised Dishes (Quick & Budget Luwei)
日本のスーパーの安い食材で完全再現！コーラと五香粉で作る爆速「台湾夜市の味」
Description
A magic Luwei for busy dieters/students, synthesizing authentic 'Lao Lu'—which usually takes hours—in just 15 mins using common condiments and a microwave.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Soy sauce
- Cola
- Mentsuyu
- Five-spice powder
- Black tea bag
- Tube garlic/ginger
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Forging Authentic Aroma with $
- Spices] Buying authentic herb bags (Lu Bao) is costly/tedious, so utilize cheap 'Five-spice powder' and 'cheap black tea bags' from supers. Heat veg/sesame oil in a pot, fry tube garlic/ginger until slightly browned, add
- tsp five-spice to transfer aroma to oil.
- [Pseudo-Lao Lu with Cola] To quickly replicate meat umami and rock sugar richness, pour 'Cola' into the pot. Cola's sugar and carbonation soften ingredients instantly, yielding beautiful tortoiseshell color and deep richness. Add soy, Mentsuyu (as dashi sub), wine, tea bag, and boil to make special 'Quick Lu Zhi'.
- [Zero Simmer Time via Microwave Magic] For hard-to-cook/flavor ingredients like daikon or konjac, pre-microwave (600W) 3-
- mins with a little water. Toss these sponge-like, cell-destroyed ingredients into boiling Quick Lu Zhi, boil on medium for just '
- mins'.
- [Instant Flavor Injection via Rapid Chilling] Turn off heat, plunge pot into ice water to rapidly drop temp. Ingredients absorb sauce most 'when temp drops'; this rapid-chill tech achieves overnight-steeped flavor in
- mins. A pro lifehack reaching Taiwan night market taste amazingly cheaply and quickly.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Exotic five-spice aroma and scorched soy smell、焦がし醤油の匂い
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Any leftover fridge veg or meat)
Pairing
Taiwan Beer、Unsweetened Taiwan tea
Trivia
[For Everyone] Completely solves Japanese DIY cooks' worries: 'Gathering star anise/spices is tedious' and 'Gas bills for hours of simmering are a waste'. Common ingredients like cola and tea bags brilliantly fake the complex bitterness/sweetness of Taiwan night market's decades-replenished 'Lao Lu'.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Add chili oil and 'grated garlic' right before eating, maximizing cheap junk feel as the ultimate drink snack!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy/Mentsuyu)