I grew up with this stuff, Luo Bo Gan, preserved and dried turnips or radishes. They’re salty and crunchy, meant to be eaten in small amounts to accompany rice, congee, or noodles. Sometimes, they’re spicy, like this one, and can really give the pick-me-up to anything bland. I say this because this is how I save myself when I have to order noodle soup delivery (which is mediocre at best in our neighborhood but when we’re sick….)
You can buy Luo Bo Gan in jars at Asian markets but I get my stash from my mom, who gets it from Taiwan.
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Woah, are you Taiwanese???
Filbert, yup, I’m an ABC. Lon is Hungarian Romanian Jewish, but also born in NYC.
Nice. I’m Taiwanese too. And thanks to you I just spent the last 4 hours implementing tags on my site…
I guess next I’ll work on accepting comments on recipes…
Hey, I’m Taiwanese too. Luo Bo Gan is only good if it is made correctly, otherwise it smells disgusting! Every year when I return to Taiwan for holiday (I live in South Africa), I always plead my grandmother to make some. She has the best recipe!!
Sreddy, get your grandma’s recipe!
Sreddy, I second the request for the recipe! I lived in Beijing for a year and ate this every day. Now I can’t find it anywhere in Los Angeles, when I live now. I’d love to be able to make it myself!