Description
Long scallions—usually a garnish—chopped large and simmered in five-spice soup until wilted. Scallion sweetness and Taiwan spices match surprisingly well.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Long scallions
- Quick Lu Zhi (soy
- Mentsuyu
- cola
- five-spice etc.)
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Chopping Scallions] Chop long scallions (mainly white part, some green) into 4-5cm long pieces. Scoring shallow diagonal cuts on surface helps sauce permeate to the core quickly.
- [Lu Zhi Highlighting Scallion Sweetness] Boil cola (a little), soy, Mentsuyu, and 'five-spice' in a pot. Scallions release strong sweetness when simmered, so trick is reducing cola (sugar).
- [Gooey Heating] Toss chopped scallions in boiling soup, simmer slowly on low '3-
- mins'. Turn off heat when scallion core almost pops out, entirely wilts, and dyes amber.
- [Finishing] Remove heat as is in soup to set flavor. Drizzle a little sesame oil to finish. Even without meat, scallion's intense sweetness/richness makes white rice vanish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet five-spice aroma and intense sweet smell of simmered scallions、煮込まれたネギの強烈な甘い匂い
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Onion (similarly yields intense sweetness when simmered)
Pairing
White Rice、Highball
Trivia
[For Everyone] #13 'Weight-loss ingredient'. Taiwan Luwei uses massive scallions for 'flavoring (dashi)' the soup, but the gooey scallions themselves having absorbed all the soup are actually the tastiest. A smart DIY dieter lifehack to savor it as a main side. Supreme plate warming the body when catching a cold.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Chop simmered scallions finely, top over cold tofu to create a healthy snack space as 'Taiwanese-style Scallion Sauce Tofu'!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy/Mentsuyu), Sesame