Lu Rou Fan (Taiwanses Pork Rice Bowl)

Ingredients

• • 8 dried shiitake mushrooms
• • 1 lb (450 g) pork belly (skin-on) (, cut into thin strips)
• • 2 teaspoons Shaoxing wine ((or dry sherry))
• • 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
• • 1 large shallot (, sliced into 1/4” rounds)
• • 2 cloves garlic (, sliced)
• • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• • 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine ((or dry sherry))
• • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• • 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• • 1 tablespoon rock sugar ((or white sugar))
• • 2 star anise pods
• • 1 cinnamon stick
• • 4 hard boiled eggs
• • Green veggies of your choice (, blanched)
• • Homemade pickled shallot ((or other pickles) (*Footnote 1))
• • Steamed rice

Preparation Steps