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Taiwanese Meat Sauce over Rice

Taiwanese Meat Sauce over Rice

Taiwanese Meat Sauce over Rice

Lo bah png is simply a Taiwanese meat sauce that is served over steamed rice. Ground pork is sautéed with shallots and wood ear mushrooms, then simmered in a salty and sweet soy based sauce for an hour. Classic Taiwanese home cooking.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Taiwanese
Keyword: East Asian, main course, Pork, Taiwanese
Servings: 4
Author: Alex Gorgos

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3 dried woodear mushrooms rehydrated; chopped
  • 5 shallots chopped
  • 1 lb ground pork
  • 2 cups water
  • 1/2 cup light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp shaoxing cooking wine
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp 5 spice powder

Garnish

  • cilantro chopped

Instructions

  • Heat up 1 tbsp of cooking oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Sauté the shallots for 3 minutes.
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  • Add in the ground pork and the wood ear mushrooms. Sauté until the pork id cooked through; about 8 minutes.
    Taiwanese, main course, pork
  • Pour in the water, soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar, and 5 spice powder. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 1 hour.
    Taiwanese, main course, pork
Taiwanese, main course, pork
The sauce will reduce by half.
Taiwanese, main course, pork
Serve with steamed rice. Garnish with chopped cilantro.
Longanisa Sausage

Longanisa Sausage

Longanisa Sausage

Longanisa sausages are a staple of Filipino cuisine. You typically see them eaten for breakfast with heaping mounds of garlic fried rice and fried eggs. They have the flavor of pork tocino, sugary and savory, but inside a hog casing. The ingredients in the sausage are your common everyday ingredients that just about every kitchen has, minus the pork casings. Once they are stuffed and twisted, simmer the sausages in water until it evaporates. Then let the sausages brown in their own fat for a few minutes a side.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Main Course
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: breakfast, Filipino, main course, Pork, Southeast Asian
Author: Alex Gorgos

Equipment

  • sausage stuffer

Ingredients

  • 3 lbs coarse ground pork
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • 2 tbsp rice cooking wine
  • 1 head garlic peeled and minced
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 2 tsp paprika
  • 2 tsp black pepper
  • sausage casings

Instructions

  • Mix the dry ingredients together. Mix the wet ingredients together.
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  • Add the wet and dry ingredients along with the garlic to the ground pork. Mix by hand for a couple of minutes making sure that everything is incorporated. Refrigerate for an hour before stuffing.
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  • Stuff the sausage into the casings. Twist to either 4” or 6” in length.
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  • Let the sausage rest for an hour before cutting.
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  • Add a cup of water to a sauté pan with the sausages. Simmer until the liquid has evaporated.
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  • Allow the sausages to brown in their own fat for a couple of minutes a side.
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Filipino, main course, breakfast, pork
Serve with fried eggs and garlic rice.
Filipino-Style Pineapple Glazed Ham

Filipino-Style Pineapple Glazed Ham

Filipino-Style Pineapple Glazed Ham

Since buying a smoker, I’ve really enjoyed curing my own hams. It costs a fraction of the price and tastes so much better then anything store bought. This particular recipe poaches the ham with pineapple juice, 7up, and dark beer, then bakes in the oven with a thick pineapple glaze. It’s fairly straight forward in preparation. The most important part of the recipe is to make sure that the ham is completely submerged when poaching to ensure that it gets the full flavor equally throughout.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: Filipino, main course, Pork, Southeast Asian
Author: Alex Gorgos

Ingredients

  • 1 bone-in ham between 4-8lbs
  • 6 cups pineapple juice
  • 3 cups 7up or Sprite
  • 2 cups dark beer
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp salt
  • 1 head garlic
  • whole cloves

Pineapple Glaze

  • 2 cups ham poaching liquid
  • 1 cup crushed pineapple
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup Dijon mustard

Instructions

  • In a large stock pot, bring the pineapple juice, 7up, dark beer, garlic, brown sugar, and salt to a boil.
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  • Add in the ham. Simmer over medium heat for 1 hour.
    Filipino, main course, pork
  • Place the ham on a rack on a baking sheet lined in foil. Stud the ham with whole cloves.
    Filipino, main course, pork
  • To prepare the pineapple glaze, mix all of the ingredients together in a small pot.
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  • Simmer over medium heat for 15-20 minutes until the glaze has thickened.
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  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Pour the glaze over the entire ham. Bake for 30 minutes.
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  • Let the ham rest for 15 minutes before carving.
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Filipino, main course, pork
A work of beauty.
Filipino, main course, pork
Serve with your favorite side.