Description
Raw garlic chives cut 5cm wide passed through hot five-spice soup for just '15 secs'. Intense chive flavor and Taiwan spices combine; ultimate unstoppable drink side.
Restaurants serving Garlic Chives Luwei (Quick & Budget)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Garlic chives
- Quick Lu Zhi (soy
- Mentsuyu
- cola
- five-spice etc.)
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Chive Prep] Wash chives (
- bunch), trim hard roots, chop into 5cm bite-sized pieces.
- [Strong Lu Zhi Undefeated by Chives] Boil soy, cola (a little), Mentsuyu, and slightly generous 'five-spice' in a pot. Chives have extremely intense own aroma, so the trick is making a punchy sauce undefeated by it.
- [15-Second Shabu-shabu] Vigorously toss chives into boiling soup. Leaf parts cook instantly, so submerge completely with chopsticks and quickly pull out into strainer in just '
- secs' (*Absolutely do not simmer. Becomes gooey and loses aroma).
- [Finishing Flavor] Swirl sesame oil and toss while piping hot. Crisp texture and intense stamina aroma of chives x five-spice explode in this completed snack.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Exotic five-spice aroma and intense grassy chive smell
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Spinach or Komatsuna (similarly as greens Luwei)
Pairing
Cold Taiwan Beer、Dumplings
Trivia
[For Adults] #12 'Weight-loss ingredient'. Allicin in chives promotes fatigue recovery/metabolism boost, the ultimate veg for stamina supply during diets. Passing through five-spice soup instantly transforms mere 'Ohitashi (boiled greens)' into deep Taiwan night market B-grade gourmet.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Toss slightly with Taiwan 'Shacha Jiang (BBQ sauce)', mixing seafood umami and chive aroma into junk 'Infinite Chives' topping white rice!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy/Mentsuyu), Sesame