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Taiwanese Recipes

Beef noodle soup, scallion pancakes, stinky tofu — bold street food and comfort cooking.

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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.

Cong You Bing

Taiwan's irresistible street-food scallion pancakes — flaky, chewy, layered flatbreads studded with fragrant spring onions, pan-fried until crisp and golden.

Lu Rou Fan — Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice

Meltingly tender soy-braised pork belly with five-spice, rice wine and crispy shallots over steamed rice — Taiwan's ultimate comfort food and the nation's most beloved bowl.

Three Cup Chicken — San Bei Ji

Sticky, intensely flavoured chicken with one cup each of soy sauce, sesame oil and rice wine, finished with a fragrant pile of Thai basil — Taiwan's most iconic home-cooked dish.

Oyster Vermicelli — Ô-á-mī-suànn

Thick rice vermicelli in a glossy sweet potato starch sauce with oysters, offal and coriander — Taipei's most iconic night market soup.

Taiwanese Pineapple Cake

Buttery, crumbly shortbread encasing a dense, sweet pineapple jam — Taiwan's most famous souvenir pastry and one of the world's great small bites.

Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup

Taiwan's most iconic bowl — a slow-braised beef shank soup with springy noodles in a deep red broth fragrant with doubanjiang, soy, star anise, and spicy bean paste.

Lu Rou Fan

Taiwan's beloved braised pork rice — fatty pork belly slow-braised in soy sauce, five-spice, and fried shallots until meltingly tender, spooned over white rice in lacquered glory.

Scallion Pancake

Taiwan's beloved street food flatbread — flaky, crispy, chewy layers of unleavened dough with aromatic scallions, pan-fried until golden and served with dipping sauce.

Bā Wán

A Taiwanese street food specialty from central Taiwan — a large, translucent starchy dumpling filled with pork, bamboo shoots, and mushrooms, topped with sweet-savory sauce.