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Taiwanese Rice Recipes

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

Taiwanese cuisine is famous for its bold, distinctive flavours. These taiwanese rice recipes range from quick weeknight dishes ready in under 30 minutes to impressive weekend feasts. Each recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions, and full calorie counts per serving.

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✨ Newsoup

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.

⏱ 180 min🔥 680 kcalMedium

★4.9(1,876)

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✨ Newbreakfast

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.

⏱ 65 min🔥 320 kcalMedium

★4.7(1,234)

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✨ Newdinner

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.

⏱ 105 min🔥 680 kcalEasy

★4.9(5,432)

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✨ Newdinner

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.

⏱ 40 min🔥 520 kcalEasy

★4.9(4,321)

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dinner

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.

⏱ 210 min🔥 560 kcalHard

★4.9(2,130)

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dinner

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.

⏱ 105 min🔥 620 kcalMedium

★4.9(2,560)

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breakfast

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.

⏱ 65 min🔥 280 kcalMedium

★4.8(1,560)

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snack

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.

⏱ 75 min🔥 280 kcalHard

★4.7(890)

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dinner