Lu rou fan – braised meat rice

Ingredients :

  • 2 tablespoons of peanut butter
  • 2 anise star or Chinese anise star
  • 6 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons of sauce wuxiangfen or 5 spices (powder form)
  • 2 cups of rice
  • 4 cups of water
  • your favorite vegetables (zucchini, carrots, radishes …)
  • 500 g fillet of beef or pork
  • 60 cl of water
  • salt
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar
  • 1 egg

Preparation :

Cut meat into cubes about 2 cm thick.
Brown the meat in a skillet with a little oil over medium heat, once the meatchanges color, add peanut butter and mix.

Pour soy sauce to prepare and add water to the mixture.
Add 3 tablespoons of sugar and sauce wuxiangfen preparation, then pour in the Chinese star anise. Boil all at a high heat. Add soy sauce, water, 3 tablespoons sugar and Wuxiangfen sauce, then add the star anise Chinese, bring to boil on high heat. As soon as mixture begins to boil, turn heat to low and cover.

Using a spoon, remove the foam that formed during cooking of meat and let simmer for 2 hours.

Wash rice well and cook in a rice-cooker with 4 cups of water.

Prepare a hard boiled egg about 20 minutes before the end of cooking the dish. Once it is ready, cut it in half and add it to the preparation’s cooking.

Cook in water the vegetables you would like to eat with your meal. Do not add to the sauce, it will use to garnish your dish.

Place rice on plates, then place your different vegetables around the rice,
Finally, pour the sauce with meat and egg over rice and serve.

Anecdotes : This dish from the north of the island of Taiwan, Lu Rou Fan, you can cooking with meat pork or beef. Popular with Western, this recipe is relatively simple but requires of simmer a period of between 1 to 2 hours