80 20 Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice

Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice but 20% effort

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Cooking doesn’t need to be hard or complicated. Often, you’re simply looking for a recipe that gets you most of the way there with minimal effort, hence 80/20.

Taiwanese braised pork with rice or Lu rou fan, was one of my favorite dishes when I was kid - there’s just something comforting and magical about a savory sauce over rice. I’ve made this recipe before over stovetop, but today we’re massively simplifying it with an Instant Pot and some shortcuts (i.e. five spice powder instead of a spice bag, etc).

45 min cook time
10 min prep
Servings
4
Units

Ingredients

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Directions

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  • Add pork belly, shallot, garlic, ginger, chicken stock, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Shaoxing cooking wine, brown sugar, and five-spice powder into the Instant Pot or pressure cooker.
    • 1.5 lb pork belly (675 g)sliced
    • 4 clove garlic (12 g)minced
    • 1 inch ginger (25 g)whole
    • 1 shallot (50 g)minced
      (optional)
    • 2 cup chicken stock (480 g)
      (or water)
    • 1 tbsp light soy sauce (15 g)
    • 2 tbsp dark soy sauce (30 g)
    • 2 tbsp shaoxing cooking wine (30 g)
    • 1 tbsp brown sugar (12 g)
    • ½ tsp five spice powder (1 g)
  • Set the Instant Pot to the "Meat/Stew" or high pressure setting and cook for 20 minutes.
    • [Optional] While the Instant Pot is running, boil eggs for 7 minutes and peel them. You can use the braised pork sauce later to make delicious tea eggs.
      • 4 eggs (400 g)parboiled and peeled
        (optional)
    • After the Instant Pot has finished cooking, release the pressure (no need for a natural release), and gently drop in the peeled eggs.
      • Run the Instant Pot on Sauté for 5-10 minutes to thicken the sauce to your desired consistency.
        • Stir the ingredients occasionally to ensure the eggs are cooked evenly in the sauce.
          • Serve over rice with the marinated eggs and enjoy!

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            Cost Savings

            Cost Savings

            Prices may vary based on location and specific ingredient & restaurant choices. ⓘ

            Homemade Cost

            $2.43

            per serving

            Restaurant Cost

            $15.53

            ~1 servings (incl. tax & tip)

            Total Savings

            $13.10

            ~1 servings

            You can save up to 87% by cooking this dish at home!

            Nutrition Information

            Per serving

            Nutrient
            Amount
            % DV
            garlicbrown sugargingerlight soy saucedark soy saucechicken stockpork bellyeggshaoxing cooking wineshallot
            Trans fat

            Total (4 servings)

            Nutrient
            Amount
            % DV
            garlicbrown sugargingerlight soy saucedark soy saucechicken stockpork bellyeggshaoxing cooking wineshallot
            Trans fat

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