Description
Peeled tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes) briefly simmered in five-spice sweet soy soup. Tomato glutamic acid fuses with soup into supreme flavor.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Tomatoes(or Cherry tomatoes)
- Quick Lu Zhi (generous cola
- soy
- salt
- five-spice)
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Tomato Peeling (*If cherry tomatoes, just score with knife)] For regular tomatoes, score cross on bottom, pass through hot water
- secs, plunge in cold water to peel cleanly. For cherry tomatoes, hull and poke holes with toothpick for flavor absorption.
- [Sweet Lu Zhi Harmonizing Acidity] Boil cola (generous), soy, salt, and five-spice in a pot. To balance strong tomato acidity, trick is making 'sweet/spicy' soup using slightly more cola (sugar).
- [Gentle Heating to Avoid Crumbling] Put peeled tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes) in boiling soup, simmer slowly on low for just '2-
- mins'. Over-simmering melts tomatoes gooey assimilating into soup, so turn off heat at the borderline of retaining shape.
- [Chill for Dessert Feel] Remove heat as is in soup, put in container and chill ice-cold in fridge (Leng Lu). Biting cold tomato causes a massive explosion of Taiwan spice aroma and sweet/sour tomato juice in the mouth.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Exotic five-spice aroma and fruity tomato smell
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Daikon (Japanese oden staple, but tomato yields more Western/Chinese umami)
Pairing
White wine、Taiwanese cold noodles
Trivia
[For Health Conscious] #9 'Weight-loss ingredient'. Popular in Japan as 'Tomato Oden', but adding five-spice aroma transforms it completely into 'Asian Detox Cold Dish'. Tomato umami compounds (glutamic acid) create synergy with soy soup, offering surprising satisfaction even without meat in this beauty recipe.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Drizzle 'olive oil' and 'coarse black pepper' slightly over chilled tomato Luwei, enjoying as supreme Taiwan x Italian cold dish!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce)