Taiwanese recipes
12 Taiwanese recipes for a home kitchen, from 15 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
35 min
Taiwanese · dinner
Three cup chicken (san bei ji)
Taiwanese chicken braised in sesame oil, rice wine and soy with heaps of garlic, ginger and Thai basil.
45 min
Taiwanese · dinner
Taiwanese hot pot at home
A tabletop pot of savory broth for cooking thin meats, seafood, tofu and vegetables, with sha cha dipping sauce.
60 min
Taiwanese · dinner
Soy-milk brined Taiwanese fried chicken
Chicken soaked in a garlicky, five-spice soy milk brine, dredged in sweet potato starch and fried into a shatteringly crisp crust.
120 min
Taiwanese · dinner
Taiwanese three-sugar braised pork belly with cuttlefish
Cubes of pork belly flash-fried, then slowly braised in a dark caramel of palm, rock and black sugar with soy and rice wine until glossy like candied bacon, with tender cuttlefish added at the end.
120 min
Taiwanese · dinner
Lu rou fan (Taiwanese braised pork rice)
Finely chopped pork belly braised in soy, rock sugar and spices until sticky and glossy, spooned over rice with soy eggs and crunchy pickles.
180 min
Taiwanese · dinner
Taiwanese braised beef noodle soup
Beef shank and tendon braised until tender in a broth of doubanjiang, soy, star anise and tomato, served over chewy wheat noodles with bok choy and pickled mustard greens.
Lunch & snacks
60 min
Taiwanese · lunch
Scallion pancake beef roll
Flaky scallion pancakes wrapped around soy-braised beef, cucumber and hoisin.
75 min
Taiwanese · lunch
Taiwanese pork and cabbage potstickers
Long, open-ended pork and napa cabbage potstickers pan-fried until the bottoms are crisp and golden, with a soy-vinegar dip.
150 min
Taiwanese · lunch
Braised pork belly gua bao
Fluffy steamed buns with soy-braised pork belly, crushed peanut sugar, pickled mustard greens and cilantro.
Breakfast
15 min
Taiwanese · breakfast
Taiwanese savory soy milk (xian dou jiang)
The Taipei breakfast staple: hot soy milk poured over vinegar, soy sauce, dried shrimp, pickled radish and scallions so it curdles into soft, tofu-like clouds, topped with chili oil and crisp youtiao.
50 min
Taiwanese · breakfast
Fan tuan (Taiwanese sticky rice roll)
A hand-held Taiwanese breakfast: sticky rice pressed around a crisp youtiao cruller, fried egg, pork floss and salted radish pickles.
Baking & sweets
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