Description
Synthesizing amber 'Taiwan Braised Egg (Lu Dan)'—usually simmered for hours—in just 15 mins utilizing commercial boiled eggs and rapid-chill tech. Ultimate quick lifehack.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Commercial boiled eggs(or canned quail)
- Quick Lu Zhi (generous cola
- soy
- Mentsuyu
- five-spice etc.)
- Tube ginger
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Utilizing Commercial Boiled Eggs] To skip boiling/peeling labor, prepare 'pre-boiled peeled eggs (or canned quail eggs)' from convenience stores/supers.
- [Scoring for Flavor] Score shallow 'vertical lines' on egg white surface with a knife. This is the biggest trick letting soy/spices reach the yolk core in a short time.
- [Rich Quick Lu Zhi] Boil cola (generous), soy, Mentsuyu, tube ginger, 'five-spice' on high. Eggs resist flavor, so make cola sugar and soy slightly stronger.
- [5-Min Simmer & Rapid Chill Magic] Put scored eggs in boiling soup, simmer slowly on low just '
- mins'. Turn off heat, pro tech here: plunge pot in ice water (or transfer eggs to container into rapid freeze) so tissue contracts the moment temp drops, completing 'amber Taiwan braised egg like it simmered overnight' in just
- mins cooling.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet exotic five-spice aroma and scorched soy smell
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Atsuage or fried fish cake (excellent affinity simmered together)
Pairing
Lu Rou Fan、Taiwan instant noodles
Trivia
[For Everyone] #19 'Weight-loss ingredient'. Egg is a complete nutritional food, high-protein/low-carb, the ultimate diet ally. Original Taiwan Lu Dan is simmered hours until the white turns rock-hard, but this rapid-chill tech perfectly cloaks it in Taiwan's unique star anise aroma while keeping the soft Japanese boiled egg texture.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Like Taiwan Luwei, halve the yolk, coat the hot herb soup gooey-ly on the yolk, then shovel it down with white rice (or noodles)!
Allergen
Egg, Soy, Wheat (from soy/Mentsuyu)