# Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice

This recipe shows how to make Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice, a dish served everywhere from street vendors to five-star hotels.

- Total time: 5 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 10 shallots
- 1 tbsp shallot oil
- 1.6 lb/750 g pork
- 1 tbsp rice wine
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 4 cloves garlic
- 4 slices ginger
- 1 tsp five spice powder
- 1 star anise five spice powder
- 1 bay leaf five spice powder
- 1 inch cinnamon stick five spice powder
- 0.5 tsp white pepper powder
- 0.75 cup light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 650 ml hot water
- 12 hard boiled egg
- 1 fried shallot

## Instructions

1. Prepare shallots by removing the skin and chopping them.
2. In a pot, slowly deep fry the shallots in 1 cup of oil over medium-low heat.
3. Remove shallots from oil and set aside the shallot oil.
4. In a pot, add 1 tbsp of shallot oil and sauté the pork until slightly brown.
5. Add 1 tbsp of rice wine and cook until the alcohol evaporates.
6. Add 2 tbsp of sugar and cook for a couple of minutes until melted.
7. Add 4 cloves of garlic, 4 slices of ginger, 1 tsp of five spice powder (or 1 star anise, 1 bay leaf, and 1 inch cinnamon stick), and 1/2 tsp of white pepper powder.
8. Cook until you can smell the flavor of the spices.
9. Add 3/4 cup of light soy sauce and 1 tbsp of dark soy sauce.
10. Add 10-12 hard-boiled eggs (optional).
11. Add 650 ml of hot water and the fried shallots.
12. Cover and cook over medium-high heat for 10 minutes.
13. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes.
14. Let everything marinate in the pot for at least 8 hours.
15. Bring the pot back to a boil and serve.

## Equipment

- knife
- pot
- stove
- bowl
- spoon
- strainer

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECThQAOQtBc
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/56809d77-b85d-43ce-be7f-f8828b11d416
- Extracted: 2025-04-12

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