Description
Cheap Japanese 'imitation crab (Kanikama)' passed through five-spice soup for just '30 secs'. Kanikama's strong sweetness matches Taiwan spices amazingly well.
Restaurants serving Imitation Crab Luwei (Quick & Budget)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Imitation crab(Kanikama)
- Quick Lu Zhi (salt
- soy
- cola
- five-spice etc.)
- Tube ginger
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Kanikama Prep] Remove cheap 'imitation crab (stick type or slightly thick)' from super from film, tear gently by hand 'in half vertically (or thickly)' so it loosens easily (*Beware: tearing too fine melts/vanishes it in soup).
- [Light Lu Zhi Highlighting Sweetness] Kanikama itself has intense sweetness/umami (fish extract), so boil a slightly light soup with a little cola, soy, salt, tube ginger, five-spice.
- [30-sec Shabu-shabu Heating] Toss kanikama into boiling soup. Already-cooked fish paste crumbles into pieces quickly when heated, so pass briefly on medium for just '
- secs' until surface catches soup color/aroma.
- [Finishing] Pull out gently with strainer so it doesn't crumble, drizzle sesame oil to finish. New-sensation Taiwan seafood snack fusing kanikama sweetness and star anise aroma.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet seafood smell of kanikama and exotic five-spice aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Chikuwa or Sasa-kamaboko (optimal for Luwei as same fish paste)
Pairing
Sweet Iced Milk Tea、Cold beer
Trivia
[For Youth] #21 'Weight-loss ingredient'. Kanikama is the ultimate high-protein, low-fat diet food (has some carbs as fish paste, but excellent). Fish paste (Huoguo Liao) is super staple in Taiwan hot pots/Luwei; using Japanese kanikama causes a miracle sync of crumbly texture right before melting and intense junk sweetness with Taiwan spices.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Dip slightly in Taiwan mayo (or regular mayo), wrapping herb soup saltiness in mayo richness making 'Ultimate Junk Kanikama'!
Allergen
Seafood (Fish paste/crab extract etc.), Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce), Egg (depends on kanikama)