Deep-Fried Battered Pork Strips 卜肉
Deep-Fried Battered Pork Strips is featured among the local specialties of Taiwan.
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Deep-Fried Battered Pork Strips (卜肉) are a snack associated with Yilan (宜蘭), particularly Sanxing Township (三星鄉). Pork loin is trimmed of sinew and fat, cut into strips, coated with seasonings and batter, and deep-fried.
How it is made
Pepper salt or sesame accompanies the fried pork as a dip. Vegetables can receive the same treatment; these are called bucai (卜菜), using the same local word for frying that appears in the pork dish's name.
Where it comes from
Chinese Wikipedia traces bu (卜), the Yilan Taiwanese term for frying food, to the Hakka word po (烰), preserved by Yilan's Hoklo-Hakka communities (福佬客). The name thus refers to the cooking method.
An origin story recorded by Chinese Wikipedia credits Weizhenxiang Burou Shop (味珍香卜肉店) in Sanxing with the invention. It also describes older household cooks making the pork snack among the cakes and fried foods prepared for traditional festival offerings.
Sources & reading
Written from the linked sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer on 2026-09-26. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.