Divided Braising Pot (for Luwei)
八角の香りが漂う四角いお風呂！台湾夜市の「滷味」専用の仕切り鍋
Description
A large square stainless pot used at Taiwanese braised food 'Luwei' stalls. The inside is divided into multiple frames (compartments) to simmer ingredients separately.
Classification: For Adults,Pots/Pans,Bubbling Night Market Stall Pot
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How to use
Ingredients
- Stainless steel(Large pot and square strainers)
Instructions
- [Usage Secret]
- [Secret Soup (Lao Lu)] Fill the pot to the brim with pitch-black braising liquid (sauce) made of soy, star anise, cassia, rock sugar, keeping it at a rolling boil. Some stalls use secret sauce replenished for years.
- [Customer Order (Jia Re Luwei)] Receive ingredients (Dougan, fish cakes, cabbage, instant ramen) chosen by customers in a basket.
- [Boil in Compartments] Cooking times differ, so toss ingredients separately into the 'square compartments (strainers)' in the pot, simmering (or reheating) briefly in the hot sauce for a few mins.
- Pull up the strainer to drain, cut bite-sized with a cleaver, top with scallions and spicy sauce, put in a plastic bag, and hand to the customer.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
None(Odorless. But permeated with star anise aroma put inside)
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese Oden pot (identical in having dividers)
Pairing
Luwei (Dougan, Kelp, Cabbage, Prince Noodles, etc.)
Trivia
[For Adults] Walking a Taiwan night market, if you smell an intense 'sweet aroma of star anise and soy', this square pot is definitely steaming. Very similar to Japan's 'Oden' system, but the Taiwanese way is not drinking the soup, just taking ingredients out and eating with spicy sauce. The magic night pot satisfying Taiwanese 'slight hunger'.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Slurping 'Wangzi Mian (Taiwanese instant ramen)'—simmered soft in the pot absorbing star anise aroma to the limit—at the very end!
Allergen
None