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.
Servings: 4
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.
- Add in the ground pork and the wood ear mushrooms. Sauté until the pork id cooked through; about 8 minutes.
- 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.
