Hanpen Luwei (Quick & Budget)
A white cloud drinking whole soup! Fluffy Taiwanese Oden that melts in your mouth
Description
Japanese fluffy fish paste 'Hanpen' briefly simmered in five-spice soy soup. Absorbs Taiwan soup like a sponge, oozing juicily when bitten.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Hanpen
- Quick Lu Zhi (soy
- Mentsuyu
- cola
- five-spice etc.)
- Tube ginger
- Sesame oil
- Scallions
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Hanpen Prep] Prepare cheap 'Hanpen' from super, cut into triangles (or bite-sized squares) for easy flavor absorption/eating.
- [Slightly Strong Lu Zhi Supplementing Umami] Hanpen itself is bland, so flavor soup firmly. Boil cola (generous), soy, Mentsuyu, tube ginger, and 'five-spice' on high.
- [Expanding Magic Heating] Toss cut hanpen into boiling soup. Air inside hanpen expands from heat, rapidly absorbing soup and puffing up one size larger. Over-simmering deflates it ruining texture, so boil on medium for just '1-
- mins'.
- [Finishing] Turn off heat, gently plate the hanpen—dyed amber absorbing massive soup—without crumbling. Scatter a little sesame oil and chopped scallions to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet five-spice aroma and gentle fish paste smell、魚のすり身の優しい匂い
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Taiwan's 'Baiye Doufu' (sponge tofu swelling fluffily similarly)
Pairing
Taiwanese sweet tea、Oolong tea
Trivia
[For Women] #22 'Weight-loss ingredient'. Hanpen has near-zero fat, high protein, and low price; an honors dieter student. Taiwan has no exact same ingredient, but it has 'soup-embracing properties' extremely close to the popular Luwei 'Baiye Doufu (sponge tofu)'. One bite spreads Taiwan night market flavor fully in the mouth; a happy white cloud.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Dump Taiwan's unique 'sweet chili sauce (Tianla Jiang)', melting the fluffy texture and junk sweet/spiciness in the mouth while blowing to cool!
Allergen
Seafood (Fish paste/may contain egg white etc.), Soy, Wheat (from soy/Mentsuyu)