Description
Super-quick menu just passing greens—hugely popular among women at Taiwan Luwei stalls—through hot five-spice soup for 'just 30 secs'. Ingest vitamins/fiber without escape.
Restaurants serving Bok Choy Luwei (Quick & Budget)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Bok choy
- Quick Lu Zhi (soy
- Mentsuyu
- cola
- five-spice etc.)
- Tube garlic
- Salt
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Bok Choy Prep] Trim base, carefully peel leaves one by one and wash. Pro tech: split thick base parts vertically in half (or 1/
- as they cook slower.
- [Color-preserving Ultra-quick Lu Zhi] Boil cola (a little), soy, Mentsuyu, tube garlic, 'five-spice' violently on high. Greens pick up flavor strongly, so thin sauce slightly (with water) and tighten flavor with salt.
- [30-sec Shabu-shabu Heating] Put 'thick base parts' into boiling soup first,
- secs later vigorously toss 'leaf parts'. Overcooking turns vibrant green brown and texture gooey, so submerge entirely with chopsticks and quickly pull out with strainer in just '
- secs'.
- [Finishing] Swirl sesame oil and toss while piping hot. Irresistible dish with fresh crisp texture and Taiwan spice aroma.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Exotic five-spice aroma and garlic punch
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Komatsuna or spinach (similarly greens just needing brief heating)
Pairing
White Rice、Taiwan instant noodles
Trivia
[For Women] #16 'Weight-loss ingredient'. In Taiwan Luwei, adding 'greens' to balance nutrition after picking heavy meat ingredients is an absolute promise. Passing cheap bok choy from Japan supers through five-spice soup perfectly replicates authentic stall warm veg (Tang Qingcai).
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Toss slightly with Taiwan super-spicy chili sauce 'Lajiao Jiang', eating infinitely as a palate cleanser for meat/noodles simmered together in Luwei!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy/Mentsuyu), Sesame