Recipes · Taiwanese · Snacks

Small Sausage in Large Sausage

One serving has 420 kcal and 12 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (37%), selenium (33%), niacin (30%), zinc (23%) and thiamin (21%). Ready in 50 minutes.

Small Sausage in Large Sausage
Photo: Kaihsu Tai, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 15 min
  • Cooking: 35 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (128 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Diets: Dairy-free
  • Contains: gluten, pork, soy

Ingredients

  • 60 g Rice, glutinous
  • 5 g Soy sauce
  • 0.3 g Anise seed
  • 8 g Shallots, raw
  • 50 g Pork sausages, fresh
  • 5 g Vegetable oil

Method

  1. Steam the glutinous rice with the soy sauce, five-spice (anise seed) and fried shallot until tender and shiny, about 25-30 minutes.
  2. While warm, shape the seasoned rice into a thick sausage shape and let cool until firm enough to hold its shape.
  3. Grill or pan-fry the pork sausage in the oil until cooked through (74 °C/165 °F) and lightly charred.
  4. Split the rice "sausage" lengthwise without cutting all the way through and tuck the grilled pork sausage inside.
  5. Grill briefly to reheat and serve warm.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy420 kcal20%
Carbohydrates51.2 g
Water44.5 mL
Fiber2 g7%
Protein12.4 g26%
Tryptophan0.13 g
Threonine0.46 g
Isoleucine0.51 g
Leucine0.98 g
Lysine0.74 g
Methionine0.29 g
Cystine0.19 g
Phenylalanine0.53 g
Tyrosine0.39 g
Valine0.64 g
Histidine0.35 g
Fat17.8 g
Monounsaturated6.2 g
Polyunsaturated5.2 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-64.6 g
Saturated4.6 g
Trans-Fats0.08 g
Cholesterol35 mg
Calcium17.1 mg2%
Copper0.14 mg16%
Iron1.8 mg10%
Magnesium27.2 mg9%
Manganese0.67 mg37%
Phosphorus124 mg18%
Potassium252 mg5%
Selenium18.1 µg33%
Sodium649 mg
Zinc1.8 mg23%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.23 mg21%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.12 mg11%
Niacin (vitamin B3)4.1 mg30%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.88 mg18%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.19 mg15%
Folate (vitamin B9)8.7 µg2%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.46 µg19%
Choline28.1 mg7%
Vitamin A13.6 µg2%
Vitamin C0.7 mg1%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)28.5 IU5%
Vitamin E0.91 mg6%
Vitamin K9.4 µg10%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.4 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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