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Crunchy-looking vegetable turns tender and sweet when steamed with pork belly

Pork belly is a familiar type of meat that can be prepared in various ways. Steaming it together with sweet potatoes will give you a dish that is both familiar and unique, delicious, and good for your health.

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24 December, 2023

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Pork belly steamed with taro

Ingredients

– Pork belly: 180g

– Taro: 350g

– Spring onion: 1 stalk

– Rice wine: 15ml

– Salt: 20g

Instructions

– Rinse the pork belly and pat dry, then massage evenly with 20g of salt. Marinate the meat in the refrigerator overnight.

– After marinating, rinse the meat again and slice it into thick slices of about 0.5cm.

– Peel the taro, wash it, and slice it into thick slices of about 0.5cm.

– Arrange alternating slices of meat with slices of taro on a plate.

– Place the remaining meat in the middle of the plate.

– Place the round head part of the taro on top of the meat in the middle of the plate.

– Then, sprinkle 1 tablespoon of rice wine evenly over the meat. Pour 1/3 of the water into the steaming tray, place the meat plate inside, and steam until cooked. The steaming time is about 20 minutes from when the water boils.

– About 1 minute before turning off the heat, add chopped spring onion and then turn off the heat.

This dish is not only easy to cook but also very delicious. Being steamed, it retains the sweet flavor of the meat and the fragrant aroma of taro. It is perfect for enjoying on sunny summer days as it brings a refreshing sensation.

Other delicious dishes made from taro

Braised duck with taro

If pork belly steamed with taro is suitable for hot summer days, then braised duck with taro is perfect for cold days. This dish not only satisfies your hunger but also warms your body.

Well-prepared duck meat will not have any unpleasant odor. The sweet taste of the meat combined with the soft, fatty, and fragrant taro makes the soup even more delicious.

Braised duck with taro and sour soup

Braised duck with sour soup is a familiar dish. To make it more appealing, you can add taro to it. This dish has a rich, slightly sour taste from the sour soup, and the fatty, fragrant taro adds more flavor.

Taro sweet soup

This dish is easy to make and very aromatic. The taro balls inside are soft and slightly fatty, coated with a crispy layer of tapioca starch. Moreover, taro cooked with sweet potatoes and pandan leaves is also delicious and worth a try.

Taro dumplings with mung bean filling

This dish has a delicious and unique flavor, making it a perfect dessert to enjoy on lazy weekends.

The soft and fragrant mung bean filling, combined with the chewy and aromatic outer layer made from rice flour and taro, makes the dumplings even more delicious.