Shallot Sauce Minced Pork Rice Lunch Box
This shallot sauce minced pork rice lunch box was made for my family member to bring to work. Two days ago, I have already made a big batch of shallot sauce pork for meal prep, so this lunch box was a breeze to put together.
Related Recipes:
See Also:
Each lunch box contains brown rice, shallot sauce minced meat, a boiled egg and seasoned broccoli. This is a balanced and filling meal!
(1) Shallot Sauce Meat (Perfect for Meal Prep!)
I made a big pot of Taiwanese-style shallot sauce meat 2 days ago. The minced pork, cooked in an aromatic shallot sauce, is really flavourful and goes very well with rice. Leftovers keep well in the fridge too, making this dish ideal for meal prepping – I simply reheated the shallot sauce meat for our meals over the next few days. Meal prepping is very important to me for making lunch boxes since I work in the mornings, so I have limited time to make the lunch box for my family member to bring to work.
Check out the detailed step-by-step photos for shallot sauce meat recipe here.
(2) Spicy Broccoli Banchan
This is a 10-minute recipe for Korean-style spicy broccoli banchan (side dish). It’s easy to make as there is no stir frying involved. It’s mildly spicy and goes well with the shallot sauce meat & rice.
To make this dish, steam or boil broccoli florets and cool them down in a colander under running tap water. Drain and place the broccoli in a food container.
Add shredded carrot, Korean chilli powder, soy sauce, sesame oil, chopped spring onions & toasted sesame seeds.
Mix well, season to taste and it’s done! It’s a really fuss-free and quick side dish to make.
(3) PUT TOGETHER
I’m using an Ikea 365+ 1-litre rectangular lunchbox with 3 inner microwave-friendly compartments. Fill the compartments with rice, shallot sauce meat (and a boiled egg if you like), along with the spicy broccoli side dish. This lunch box can keep at room temperature for half a day, but for maximum freshness, reheat the minced meat & rice if you have access to the fridge & microwave. Enjoy!
Shallot Sauce Minced Pork Rice Lunch Box Recipe
You can prepare various dishes of this lunch box in advance (as part of meal prepping) to save time on the day of putting together the lunch box.
Ingredients:
Taiwanese Shallot Sauce Minced Pork
Serves 4-6. Scoop required amount to fill lunch box, leftovers can be kept in the fridge for up to 5 days for meal prep. If you have made this dish earlier, reheat the required amount of cooked pork in the microwave or stove and let it cool down completely before closing the lunch box.
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 500g minced pork (or chicken) preferably with some fats on
- 100g thinly sliced shallot (or red onion)
- 3 tbsp Bull Head shallot sauce
(A) Sauce for Shallot Sauce Pork
- 200 ml water add more if needed
- 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
- few dashes white pepper powder
- few drops Maggi seasoning when the dish is done optional
Korean Broccoli Banchan
Serves 2; you can make a few hours beforehand to keep in the fridge. Place the chilled broccoli banchan directly in the lunch box. It can be eaten cold or at room temperature (no reheating required).
- 150g broccoli florets
- a handful shredded carrot
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp chopped spring onions
(B) Seasoning for Korean Banchan
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp gochugaru (Korean chilli powder)
- few dashes garlic salt to taste
- white pepper powder to taste
For the Lunch Box
- 2 servings shallot sauce minced pork
- 2 servings cooked rice (pre-cooked)
- 2 whole boiled eggs (pre-cooked; click here for ramen egg recipe)
Directions:
- Make shallot sauce meat. Heat oil in a wokpan. Brown the minced pork one layer in the pan, then stir-fry the meat, breaking the mince to smaller pieces with the spatula as you do so. Add shallots and stir fry briskly until they start to soften. Add shallot sauce and stir fry until the meat is evenly coated in the sauce. Add sauce (A). When the sauce starts to bubble, cover with lid and simmer for about 10 minutes. Click here for the detailed step-by-step photos of this shallot sauce pork recipe.
- Make broccoli banchan. Cook broccoli florets by boiling for 2 1/2 minutes or steaming for 3 minutes. Drain the broccoli and cool down under running water. Place the cooked broccoli, carrot, sesame seeds and spring onions together with seasonings (B). Mix well and season to taste.
- Assemble Lunch Box. In each lunch box (I’m using Ikea’s 365): add 1 serving rice, 1 egg, 1 serving (roughly two ladles) of shallot sauce minced pork and half of the broccoli banchan.
- Storing & Reheating Tips. This lunch box can keep at room temperature for half a day. For maximum freshness, keep the lunch box in the fridge or a cooler bag with an ice pack, and reheat the minced meat & rice in the microwave.