Turn this otherwise fatty dish into a plant-based, protein-rich vegan rice bowl using fermented soy-based tempeh. The texture holds true with an excellent melt-in-your-mouth satisfaction of savoury sweet umami – firm yet soft enough with every bite! If you love the traditional Taiwanese Braised Pork Belly dish, you will LOVE this healthier Vegan Taiwanese Braised “Pork Belly” Lu Rou Fan 素食滷肉飯.

What is Taiwanese Braised Pork Belly Rice?

Taiwanese Braised Pork Belly Rice is sometimes known as Minced Pork Rice. This infamous dish is iconic to Taiwanese cuisine. It is the ultimate comfort food made using pork belly braised in a savoury-sweet umami sauce. Nonetheless, this dish is heavy and quite fatty.
To make this dish healthier without losing its identity, we used tempeh. We like using tempeh from Tempea.

WHAT IS TEMPEH?

Tempeh (tempe) is a fermented soybean product that Indonesians like to use in traditional Indonesian cuisine. Tempeh uses a mould culture called Rhizopus. It produces a white outer layer as the mould’s mycelia spread and grow in and around each soybean. As a result, this network of mycelia is what holds the product together into a patty-like consistency.

Unlike tofu, it has a firmer, “meatier” texture with a savoury, nutty flavour profile.

We like using tempeh made by Tempea – made using certified organic, non-GMO soybeans!

Thoroughly cook your unpasteurized tempeh with an internal temperature of 165° F (75° C). Do not eat raw tempeh.

HEALTH BENEFIT OF TEMPEH

Tempeh is a rich source of plant-based protein and fibre that is low in saturated fat, free of trans fat, cholesterol-free, and sodium-free. It is also an excellent source of iron and calcium and may increase bone density and prevent bone loss. Fermented foods have probiotics that promote good gut health!

Do not consume tempeh that exhibits signs of spoilage: off odours, soft, mushy texture, pink discoloration, dark brown coffee-like beans, slimy or sticky texture.

How To Cook Tempeh?

There are various ways to cook the tempeh. Some people like to steam it, and some people like to grill or pan fry thinly-slice tempeh.

I prefer to break up tempeh pieces in a boiling pot of water for ten minutes with 1/2 teaspoon salt to remove the bitterness.

How to Cook Vegan Taiwanese Braised “Pork Belly”

You do not need to marinate tempeh ahead of time for this Taiwanese “Pork Belly” Rice recipe because you will be braising the tempeh on the non-frying pan.

We love using our Oprah approved Always Pan (save $10 when you purchase an Always Pan with this link).

This essential cooking pan is ceramic non-stick made without PFOAS and PTFES. I love the modular lid to release and trap steam effectively, perfect for braising recipes – sautee first and braising after.

Sautee the tempeh with garlic, ginger, finely chopped green onions, chilli peppers for a few minutes.

Next, add in your marinade sauce: dark soy, light soy, Shaoxing wine, rock sugar, honey, soy packet and water. For convenience, I like using Vietnamese spice for beef pho soy packs. You can purchase this at any Asian supermarket or online. Alternatively, you can use a five spice spice mix combination of Szechuan peppercorns, cloves, cumin, star anise and cinnamon.

Braise the tempeh at low heat for 30 minutes.

While the tempeh is braising, cook a pot of rice in your rice cooker. For this recipe, perhaps the most crucial ingredient is a hot bowl of white jasmine rice. Scoop the braised tempeh and sauce onto the rice and serve!

I bet you can not just eat one bowl of rice with this vegan braised tempeh recipe!

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Red Date Longan Goji Tea 紅棗桂圓杞子茶 is excellent several reasons. This tea is a supreme blood replenisher, promotes restful sleep by calming the mind, it tonifies the digestive system, aids heart health, regulates Qi, spleen, and stomach meridians. It also brightens and moistens the eyes and lungs.

紅棗桂圓杞子茶: 養血安神 、 調節睡眠 、心神安寧平靜。

All 3 ingredients are sweet and warm in nature and balance the Yin. It is particularly beneficial for women’s health!

Those who belong to heat-type constitutions can also add dried chrysanthemums to this tea to reduce the heatiness. I find the floral addition particularly pleasing!!

HEALTH BENEFITS OF CHINESE HERBS

紅棗 Jujube / Red Dates – Red dates are sweet, warm, and enter the heart, spleen, and stomach meridians. It tonifies and improves the digestive system motility. Choose unpitted red dates because its seeds inherently clam the mind and promote relaxation.

Red dates are highly nutritious, rich in Vitamin C and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and magnesium. That’s why you also see lots of marketing products that promote relaxation and reduce stress, highlights magnesium.

Jujube also helps restore the yin-yang disharmony of hormones with blood deficiency postpartum. New mothers typically exhibit a drastic drop in both progesterone and estrogen levels. I was SO tired and moody after giving birth to Em. Red dates replenish blood deficiency, malnourished and disturbed heart-mind, repairs broken sleep.

Those who belong to heat-type constitutions can also add chrysanthemums to this tea to reduce the heatiness. I find the floral addition particularly pleasing!! 

“一日吃三枣，青春不显老。” 紅棗甘甜、溫熱，可進入心脾胃經，養血安神，治療失眠。

桂圓肉/ 龍眼 Dried Longan – Longan meat is used to address blood deficiency in the heart and spleen. The heart controls a person’s mental well-being, including the quality of sleep. Blood deficiency can give rise to Qi deficiency. In TCM, blood produces Qi, and Qi promotes the circulation of blood. Rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and organic acids.

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⁣桂圓肉味甘，開胃健脾，補虛益智 保心血，潤五臟，治怔忡。滋補養血安神。女性在產後調補也很適宜。

枸杞子/ Goji Berries (Lycium Chinense) – In TCM, the Goji Berry is typically used to nourish the blood, tonifies the Yin by entering the kidney and liver channels. This wonderful tonic herb promotes longevity, anti-ageing, brightens the eyes and moistens the lungs. Goji berries help treat anemia insomnia, tinnitus, diabetes and impaired vision such as glaucoma. Goji Berries are also known as Matrimony Vine Fruit, for its aphrodisiac effect! For Western culinary, try adding goji berries to your oatmeals or energy raw bars.

Wolfberry Berries are rich in polysacharides, betaine, sesquiterpenes, vitamin A, B-1,2, C, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zeaxanthin, physalein, and linolein acid. Warm-type constitutions.

枸杞子有养阴补血、滋补肝肾、益精明目清火的功效。養血安神、治療失眠、养肝护肝、 补肾。枸杞性质比较温和，食用稍多无碍，但进食过多也会令人上火。

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Coix seed / barley water is naturally diuretic and helps to reduce heat and remove dampness! It’s been super humid lately so this drink is the perfect detox sweet soup!

檸檬薏米水清熱去水、去濕、能改善水腫和排毒，自己煮簡單又經濟。

Raw coix is “cooling” and invigorates the spleen. Cooked coix is used to detox the liver.

Enjoy it hot or chilled for a refreshing summer drink!

HEALTH BENEFITS OF CHINESE HERBS

生薏米 Raw Coix Seed – It has the appearance of a deep concave on one side. Its primary characteristics removes dampness and wind – suitable to drink during Spring. Its nature is cold and suitable for people with a hot body. Raw coix seeds invigorates the spleen, relieve diarrhea, improves spleen and intestinal pain.

外型一邊有深凹位，細粒。祛濕除風，春天飲用較合時。生薏米性寒。 健脾止瀉、利尿、改善脾風濕脾痛和腸痛。

熟薏米 Cooked Coix Seed – It has a puffy appearance, similar to a rice crispy cereal. Cooked coix seed nature is cold, but less so compared to raw coix seed. It also invigorate and improves the spleen, relieve diarrhea diuretic, and intestinal pain.

外型脹身。清熱疏肝，適合夏天煲水飲用。寒性較輕、健脾止瀉、利尿、改善脾風濕、脾痛和腸痛。

The benefits and medicinal usage of both raw and cooked coix seeds are similar. The main difference is that raw coix seeds nature is much colder, so when you use raw barley it is important not too put too much in. You can use half of each to make the drink/soup more neutral (not too cold and not too hot.)

It is great to drink this to cool of the heat in the hot summer months and immune boosting in the winter.

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Did you know that Hello Fresh has a recipe section on their website with some of their most popular recipes? All their recipes are Tested and True, and you can re-create these in your kitchen!

One of our favourite recipe from Hello Fresh is their Bibimbap Rice Bowl and Spicy Sesame Sauce with Beyond Meat®, Zucchini and Carrots!

What is Bibimbap?

Bibimbap is a traditional Korean rice bowl packed with vegetables, rice and meat and served with gochujang sauce, namul (wild and spring green vegetable salad), kimchi, or doenjang.

“bi bim” means mixing various ingredients

“bap” noun refers to rice.

Make it Plant-Based!

We love the option to substitute meat with a plant-based alternative like Beyond Meat®. Plant-based options allow you to eat more, not less traditional dishes we love while maintaining equal protein levels with no animal counterparts, no cholesterol, and less saturated fat, and no antibiotics or hormones, for instance!

This Korean rice bowl finishes with a spicy-sweet sesame sauce and brings all these vibrant ingredients together for a classic Korean experience.

Now, let’s learn how to make this vegan bibimbap with Hello Fresh’ easy step-by-step and delicious, easy recipe!

Mise En Place

• Before starting, preheat the oven to 450°F. Wash and dry all produce.
• Bring 1 ¼ cups water (dbl for 4ppl) to a boil in a covered medium pot.
• Cut the zucchini in half lengthwise, then into 1/4-inch half-moons.
• Cut the carrots in half lengthwise, then juilienned
• Thinly slice green onions.

Drop It Like It’s Hot

How Spicy is Gochujang?

Depending on the brand, it can be extraordinarily spicy, but this chilli pepper paste is also salty with a slight sweetness. In addition, it has a distinct flavour – kind of like a “spicy miso paste.” Gochujang works with other ingredients and best cut with water, sugar and even vinegar!

Substitutes

• substitute tamari for soy sauce for gluten-free option.
• substitute maple syrup for honey for vegan option

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