boiled egg in tea
Chinese tea eggs are a savory snack that you might find sold by street vendors across China (often in the morning, though you can also find them any time of day). First, you hard-boil the egg. Then, you crack the shells to allow a briny tea and spice mixture to seep in to the egg within, creating a marble pattern and a tasty flavor. How Cooked Should the Yolk Be? Now, most tea eggs in China are cooked for quite a long time, long enough to really impart flavor to the egg. As a result, the yolk inside is often...
steamed pork with rice
Today, I want to talk about a distinctive Chinese New Year dish: Steamed Pork with Rice Powder, or Fen Zheng Rou . This is not a dish that appears on restaurant menus. Not even in China. Nor is it a dish that appears regularly on home dinner tables. It IS a homestyle dish, but it’s reserved for special occasions like Chinese New Year and other holidays. A Unique & Fragrant Dish Fen Zheng Rou is popular in many parts of China, like Sichuan, Hubei, and Jiangxi. I don’t have too many memories from my earlier childhood growing up in Hubei,...
Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice Bowl
Lu rou fan is one of THE most beloved Taiwanese comfort foods. Second only perhaps to a piping bowl of beef noodle soup (and even then, a very close second). The dish is a bit similar to the traditional Shanghainese dish, hong shao rou, or red cooked pork. We love that dish so much that we have TWO recipes for it. My Shanghai pork belly recipe, and my mother’s old school Shanghai pork belly recipe. The difference is in the aromatics and spices used, as well as the size at which the pork belly is cut. While hong shao rou...