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Fan Tuan (Taiwanese Burrito)

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Prep Time:30 minutes
Cook Time:10 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Chinese, Taiwanese
Servings: 1 Person

Ingredients

  • Quantity depend on the size of the fan tuan

Rice base (cooked)

  • 1 cup Purple Rice
  • 1 cup Glutenous Rice

Filings

  • 2 tbsp Pickled mustard （酸菜）
  • 2 tbsp Pork floss （肉松）
  • 2 tbsp Dry radish (萝卜干）
  • 1 Chinese donut youtiao, 油条 cut in half
  • 1 Fried Eggs

Instructions

Prepare it

  • Have all ingredients ready before assembling. The process is similar to making a burrito.
  • Rice: Mix 50% purple rice and 50% glutinous rice and cook in a rice cooker. Set aside.
  • Chinese donut (Youtiao): Air fry at 350°F for 5 minutes until crispy.
  • Pickled mustard greens & dried radish: Dice both into approximately ¼-inch pieces.

Roll it

  • Place a large piece of plastic wrap or a bamboo sushi mat on your work surface.
  • Spread a layer of hot sticky rice into a rectangle, about ½ inch thick.
  • Put the fillings down the center, then use the plastic wrap to fold the rice tightly around the filling.

Shape it

  • Compress it firmly into a long oval/cylinder.
  • Twist the ends of the plastic wrap to tighten it, then unwrap.
  • You can also wrap the finished fan tuan in seaweed which turns into (called Onigiri).