Description
Super-cheap pea shoots passed through five-spice/cola quick soup for just 10 secs. Stems absorb soup, transforming into a surprisingly satisfying diet side.
Restaurants serving Pea Shoots Luwei (Quick & Budget)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Pea shoots
- Quick Lu Zhi (soy
- Mentsuyu
- cola
- five-spice etc.)
- Tube garlic
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Pea Shoot Cut & Wash] Trim roots of cheap super pea shoots (*Roots can be soaked to regrow, ultimate cost-performance), cut in half, wash briefly.
- [Umami-exploding Quick Lu Zhi] Boil cola (a little), soy, Mentsuyu (Japanese dashi highlights greens' sweetness), tube garlic, sesame oil, 'five-spice' violently on high. Pea shoots release water easily, so trick is making sauce slightly strong.
- [10-Second Shabu-shabu Heating] Vigorously toss pea shoots into boiling soup. Overcooking completely erases crispness making them thread-thin, so submerge entirely with chopsticks and quickly pull out with strainer in just '
- secs'.
- [Rapid Chill & Finishing] Spread pulled pea shoots on a flat plate, fan or let remove heat quickly. Preventing residual cooking completes a supreme greens Luwei where Taiwan spice aroma bursts 'juicily' upon chewing.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Exotic five-spice aroma and garlic punch
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Water spinach (supreme as Taiwan Luwei staple greens)
Pairing
Boiled egg、Taiwan instant noodles
Trivia
[For Women] #29 'Weight-loss ingredient'. Pea shoots are rich in beta-carotene/vitamins, with stable prices year-round; absolute ace for DIY students/dieters. Unlike Japanese 'Ohitashi', the punch of sesame oil and five-spice makes it an ultimate time-performance dish serving even as a drink snack alone.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Toss with Taiwan super-spicy chili sauce 'Lajiao Jiang', top over 'Cold Tofu' instead of white rice for an ultra-low-carb Taiwanese diet bowl!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy/Mentsuyu), Sesame