Description
Onions simmered gooey transparent in five-spice soy soup. Onion's blood-thinning effect and overwhelming sweetness erase diet stress.
Restaurants serving Onion Luwei (Quick & Budget)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Onion
- Quick Lu Zhi (soy
- Mentsuyu
- five-spice etc.)
- Sesame oil
- Black pepper
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Onion Cutting (*Quick with microwave)] Peel onion, leave core intact, cut into large wedges (or horizontal halves) (*Trick is leaving core so it doesn't fall apart). Put in heatproof container, sprinkle water, wrap, microwave (600W) 3-
- mins to pre-soften.
- [Quick Lu Zhi Supplementing Umami] Onion is sweet, so make soup slightly 'salty'. Boil soy, Mentsuyu (dashi sub), wine, five-spice in pot (*No cola/sugar needed as onion is sweet).
- [Gooey Dyeing Heating] Toss microwaved onion in soup, simmer on low '3-
- mins'. Turn off heat when onion dyes translucent tortoiseshell and becomes chopstick-tender soft.
- [Finishing] Remove heat, sprinkle sesame oil and black pepper to finish. Exquisite veg Luwei, sweet and gooey like onion gratin soup ingredients.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Exotic five-spice aroma and intense sweet onion smell
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Long scallion or napa cabbage (similarly sweet yielding veg when simmered)
Pairing
Red wine、Cold pork shabu-shabu
Trivia
[For Everyone] #14 'Weight-loss ingredient'. Onions ('Yangcong') are often stir-fried in Taiwan, but simmering in Luwei soup yields such intense richness/umami you'll doubt 'Is there really no meat?'. Thins blood, a highly recommended magic ingredient for middle-aged dieters before health checks.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Top with melting cheese, melt in microwave, yielding to calorie violence as 'Taiwanese-style Onion Cheese Bake'!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy/Mentsuyu), Sesame