
Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
Taiwan's national dish — a rich, spiced beef broth with tender braised beef shank and springy wheat noodles, perfumed with doubanjiang, star anise and soy.
Rindernudelsuppe, Frühlingszwiebelpfannkuchen, stinkender Tofu – kühnes Streetfood und gemütliche Küche.
Die taiwanesische Küche überlagert Einwanderungswellen mit der Speisekammer einer Insel. Hokkien-Siedler aus Fujian brachten Austernomeletts und geschmortes Schweinefleisch auf Reis (lu rou fan); Hakka-Gemeinschaften spendeten preiswerte Pfannengerichte und konserviertes Senfgrün; Fünfzig Jahre japanische Herrschaft hinterließen Tianbula im Tempura-Stil, eine Bento-Kultur und eine Vorliebe für Meeresfrüchte in Sashimi-Qualität. Nach 1949 fügten die Ankömmlinge auf dem Festland Sichuan-, Shanghaier- und nördliche Weizentraditionen hinzu – so verband die Rindfleischnudelsuppe, wohl das Nationalgericht, Sichuan-Chilibohnenpaste mit lokalen Schmorgewohnheiten.
Der Schwerpunkt der Küche ist der Nachtmarkt. An Ständen auf dem Shilin- oder Tainan-Gartenmarkt in Taipeh werden stinkender Tofu, Gua Bao (geschmorter Schweinebauch in gedämpften Brötchen), Austernnudeln und Pfefferbrötchen angeboten, die an tandoorähnlichen Ofenwänden gebacken werden. Die Aromen sind eher sanft süß und aromatisch als feurig: Sojasauce, Reiswein, Kandiszucker, gebratene Schalotten und weißer Pfeffer erledigen die meiste Arbeit, während Basilikum und Knoblauch Gerichte wie Drei-Tassen-Hähnchen (San Bei Ji) abrunden.
Hobbyköche bereiten ihre Mahlzeiten rund um einen Reiskocher zu – oft von der legendären Marke Tatung – und dämpfen Reis, während Schmorgerichte daneben köcheln. Ein typisches Abendessen besteht aus Reis und drei oder vier kleinen Gerichten: ein in Soja geschmortes Fleisch, gebratener Wasserspinat mit Knoblauch, eine einfache Suppe, vielleicht eine kalte Gurke. Lu Wei, der meisterhafte Schmorkocher aus Eiern, Tofu und Seetang, lässt mit einem einzigen Topf gewürzter Flüssigkeit die Beilagen einer Woche würzen.
Lu Rou Fan
Gehackter Schweinebauch, geschmort mit Soja, Reiswein, gebratenen Schalotten und Fünf-Gewürz-Gewürzen, über Reis geschöpft – Taiwans typisches Wohlfühlgericht.
Rindernudelsuppe
Weizennudeln in einer kräftigen Brühe aus geschmorter Rinderhaxe, Doubanjiang-Chilibohnenpaste und eingelegtem Senfgrün, perfektioniert im Taipei der Nachkriegszeit.
Nachtmarkt-Snacks
Xiao Chi (kleine Gerichte) wie Austernomeletts, Pfefferbrötchen, stinkender Tofu und Gua Bao definieren, wie Taiwaner tatsächlich auswärts essen.
Drei-Tassen-Kochen
San-Bei-Gerichte schmoren Hühnchen oder Tintenfisch zu gleichen Teilen aus Sojasauce, Reiswein und Sesamöl, abgerundet mit ganzen Basilikumblättern.
Gebratene Schalotten und weißer Pfeffer
Knusprig gebratene Schalotten und gemahlener weißer Pfeffer bilden die Hintergrundwürze fast aller Schmorgerichte, Suppen und Reisgerichte.
Master-Stock-Schmoren (Lu Wei)
Eine wiederverwendbare Soja-Gewürz-Schmorflüssigkeit aromatisiert Eier, Tofu, Seetang und Innereien und wird mit jedem Gebrauch komplexer.
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Taiwan ist vor allem für sein Streetfood auf dem Nachtmarkt bekannt – stinkender Tofu, Gua Bao, Austernomeletts, Pfefferbrötchen – sowie Rindfleischnudelsuppe, Lu Rou Fan (geschmorter Schweinefleischreis) und Bubble Tea, der in den 1980er Jahren in Taiwan erfunden wurde (Teehäuser in Taichung und Tainan behaupten beide, dies sei behauptet). Das Gesamtprofil ist herzhaft-süß und basiert eher auf Sojasauce, Reiswein, gebratenen Schalotten, Knoblauch und Basilikum als auf starker Chili-Schärfe.
Die taiwanesische Küche hat ihre Wurzeln in Fujian (Hokkien), nahm jedoch Hakka, Japaner und regionale Einflüsse vom Festland nach 1949 auf und entwickelte so einen leichteren, süßeren und eher auf Meeresfrüchte ausgerichteten Stil. Japanische Akzente finden sich in der Bento-Kultur und dem aus Tempura gewonnenen Tianbula; Gerichte wie Rindernudelsuppe und Gua Bao gibt es in ihrer ikonischen Form nur in Taiwan. Weißer Pfeffer und gebratene Schalotten ersetzen die schwerere Chili- und Sichuan-Pfeffer-Würze aus Westchina.
Meistens nein. Der Grundgeschmack ist mild, herzhaft und leicht süßlich, gewürzt mit Soja, Knoblauch, Basilikum und weißem Pfeffer. Chili kommt hauptsächlich in Rindernudelsuppe (via Doubanjiang) und in optionalen Tischgewürzen vor, daher ist Schärfe normalerweise etwas, das man hinzufügt, und nicht etwas eingebautes. Menschen, die empfindlich auf Gewürze reagieren, kommen problemlos mit taiwanesischen Menüs zurecht.
Beginnen Sie mit Lu Rou Fan. Es werden nur gemahlener oder gewürfelter Schweinebauch, Sojasauce, Reiswein, Zucker, fünf Gewürze und gebratene Schalotten benötigt, 45 Minuten köcheln lassen und über Reis gelöffelt. Drei Tassen Hühnchen sind ein gutes zweites Projekt – eine Pfanne, gleiche Teile Sojasauce, Reiswein und Sesamöl sowie Knoblauch, Ingwer und Basilikum.
Grundnahrungsmittel: helle und dunkle Sojasauce, taiwanesischer Reiswein (Michiu), Sesamöl, Kandiszucker, Fünf-Gewürze-Pulver, weißer Pfeffer, gebratene Schalotten und Doubanjiang für Rindfleischnudelsuppe. Frische Aromen – Knoblauch, Ingwer, Frühlingszwiebeln und Thai-Basilikum – runden die meisten Gerichte ab. Rundkornreis und getrocknete Reisnudeln bedecken die Stärkeseite der Speisekammer.