Xian Yu Zheng Rou Bing (Steamed Pork with Salted Fish)
A taste that does not exist in Japan! Steamed Hamburg Steak with Fermented Dried Meat and Pork
Description
A dish with absolutely zero equivalent in Japanese-Chinese food. The ultimate soul food of Guangdong/HK. 'Xian Yu' (Salted Fish)—an intensely fermented, pungent, and salty dried fish—is placed on top of (or kneaded into) hand-chopped minced pork and steamed. A demonic meat dish that makes endless rice disappear.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Pork belly(or minced pork)
- Xian Yu(Cantonese salted fermented fish)
- Ginger
- Soy sauce
- Sugar
- Potato starch
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe & Differences]
- (Xian Yu Prep) Debone and finely mince 'Xian Yu' (Cantonese salted, fermented, dried fish. It possesses an intense umami and odor similar to anchovies or Kusaya).
- (Pork Prep) Do not use a meat grinder. Hand-chop pork belly with a cleaver until sticky.
- Knead the pork with soy, sugar, white pepper, sesame oil, starch, and 'half of the minced Xian Yu'. Press it flat like a large hamburger patty into a deep dish.
- Scatter the remaining Xian Yu and julienned ginger over the top (ginger transforms the fish's pungent funk into a refreshing aroma).
- Steam on high for
- mins until cooked and the pork fat fuses entirely with the fermented fish extract.
- Garnish with scallions.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense fermented umami and saltiness of Xian Yu
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Anchovies + Minced pork (closest flavor substitute)
Pairing
White Rice (Absolutely mandatory) / Pu'er Tea
Trivia
[Trivia] Depicted often in HK movies where poor families eat 'just Xian Yu and rice'. It is deeply engraved in Cantonese DNA. The absolute pinnacle of 'stinky but delicious'; once you're hooked, Japanese hamburgers will taste boring.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] The bottom of the dish pools with a 'premium soup' of pork juices and salted fish brine. Break the meat patty with a spoon, put it on white rice with the soup, and mix. A single bite of this requires an entire bowl of rice.
Allergen
Pork, Seafood, Soybeans, Wheat