Pork Floss (Rousong)
フワフワで甘じょっぱい！台湾のパンとおにぎりを支配する「豚肉の綿飴」
Description
Taiwanese specialty 'meat floss' with a fluffy cotton-candy-like texture, made by braising lean pork with soy/sugar, thoroughly shredding it into fibers, drying, and roasting.
Classification: For Everyone,Dried Goods,Taiwanese Pork Floss
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How to use
Ingredients
- Lean pork
- Soy sauce
- Sugar
- Lard(or Veg oil)
Instructions
- [Prep/Usage]
- Fully cooked and dried, so use straight from the bag/can.
- [Core of Fantuan (Taiwanese Rice Ball)] Generously top glutinous rice with minced dried daikon (Caipu), fried dough (Youtiao), and this Rou Song, then wrap. Rou Song's sweet/saltiness forms the flavor base.
- [Rou Song Danbing] Roll Rou Song with egg in Taiwan's staple breakfast crepe 'Danbing'.
- [Rou Song Mianbao (Savory Bread)] At Taiwanese bakeries, a bun smeared with mayo and mountain-heaped with Rou Song is always sold, boasting immense popularity.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Savory aroma of scorched soy sauce and pork fat
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese Tai-denbu or Sakura-denbu (fish meat but similar sweetness)
Pairing
Taiwanese rice balls, Danbing, Congee, White bread (with mayo)
Trivia
[For Everyone] Japanese initially hesitate at the concept of 'drying meat sweet', but once eaten, become captivated by the 'crisp, fluffy' texture and sweet/saltiness. Just sprinkling it over plain congee makes a proper breakfast. *Caution: Being a pork product, bringing it into Japan (as a souvenir) is strictly restricted currently.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Smear toasted white bread heavily with Taiwanese sweet mayo, heap Rou Song on top until spilling, and bite into it like a snack!
Allergen
Pork, Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce)