This rice bowl is the perfect combination of everything!
Prep Time20mins
Cook Time40mins
Total Time1hr
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese, Taiwanese
Keyword: bowl, pork, Pork belly, rice, umami
Servings: 6people
Calories: 573kcal
Cost: $15
Ingredients
2lbpork belly
1shallotdiced
eggs1 egg per serving, hard boiled
1thumbgingerpeeled, sliced
1cinnamon stick
1star anise
6ozdried shiitake mushroomsoak 2 hours ahead
3tbspChinese rice wine
1tbspsugar
1/3cupsoy sauce
2tbspdark soy sauce
2tbspcanola oil
rice
broccoli
Instructions
For the preparation, chop shallot into small pieces. In a pan, add 2 tbsp of canola oil and pan-fried the shallot at medium heat, until it becomes golden and crispy. This process will take about 10 minutes, during this time, you can chop the pork belly into thick strips, dice the shiitake mushroom, peel and slice the ginger. Cook the eggs in boiling water for 10 minutes and remove the shells.
Transfer the shallot and the oil into a bowl. Then add the pork belly in, cook it at medium-low heat. Add 3 tbsp of Chinese rice wine, together with ginger to the pork, it will help to get rid of the unpleasant smells. Mix well.Add 2 tbsp of soy sauce. Cook at medium-low heat until the pork becomes crispy outside. Discard the pork grease from the pan.
Add shiitake mushroom, 1 star anise, and 1 cinnamon stick. Mix well and stir fry the pork with the spices for 2 minutes.
Add the shallot oil mix, and the eggs back to the pan. To season the sauce, add a tbsp of sugar, 1 tbsp of salt, ¼ cup of soy sauce, and 2 tbsp of dark soy sauce. And then add 3 cups of boiling water to cover everything. Mix well and let it bring to boil. Cover with the lid and turn the heat to medium-low. Cook it for about 30 minutes.
You can start cooking the rice at this point. By the time when the rice is done, the pork part would be done as well. Before the rice finish cooking, add broccoli in and cover the lid, let it simmer with the rice for 10 minutes. The remaining steam inside the pot will make the broccoli perfectly cooked.
Before serving, discard all of the spices. Assemble everything in a bowl. Enjoy!