Pork Belly Simmered in Black Tea

Name: Pork Belly Simmered in Black Tea
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Pork belly (block); 3 ★ Teabags; 1 tbsp ★ Sake; 1 enough to cover the pork ★ Water; 1 tbsp ★ Salt; 50 ml ☆ The liquid from simmering the pork; 2 tbsp ☆ Soy sauce; 2 tbsp ☆ Mirin; 1 1/2 tbsp ☆ Brown cane sugar (powdered); 1 tsp ☆ Oyster sauce; 1 Very thinly julienned Japanese leek; 1 pinch Black pepper

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

This is one of the recipes I came up with while I was creating recipes that use black tea as an ingredient.

You can eat this right away. Or, you can put the sliced pork with the sauce into a Ziploc bag and refrigerate overnight. The flavors will soak in even more. Recipe by Sabao

This is one of the recipes I came up with while I was creating recipes that use black tea as an ingredient.

You can eat this right away. Or, you can put the sliced pork with the sauce into a Ziploc bag and refrigerate overnight. The flavors will soak in even more. Recipe by Sabao

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

This is one of the recipes I came up with while I was creating recipes that use black tea as an ingredient.

You can eat this right away. Or, you can put the sliced pork with the sauce into a Ziploc bag and refrigerate overnight. The flavors will soak in even more. Recipe by Sabao

This is one of the recipes I came up with while I was creating recipes that use black tea as an ingredient.

You can eat this right away. Or, you can put the sliced pork with the sauce into a Ziploc bag and refrigerate overnight. The flavors will soak in even more. Recipe by Sabao

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Ingredients

1Pork belly (block)
For the simmering liquid:
3★ Teabags
1 tbsp★ Sake
1enough to cover the pork ★ Water
1 tbsp★ Salt
For the black tea sauce:
50 ml☆ The liquid from simmering the pork
2 tbsp☆ Soy sauce
2 tbsp☆ Mirin
1 1/2 tbsp☆ Brown cane sugar (powdered)
1 tsp☆ Oyster sauce
For the garnish:
1Very thinly julienned Japanese leek
1 pinchBlack pepper

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Steps

1

Add the ★ ingredients to a pot. Add the pork, cover, and turn on the heat. Bring to a boil then turn the heat to low. Simmer for around 40 minutes.
2

After 40 minutes, skim off the scum and turn off the heat. Let it sit, covered, for about 1 hour. Then remove the pork from the pot.
3

Mix together the ☆ ingredients and bring to a gentle simmer.
4

Cut up the pork from Step 2 and arrange on a serving dish. Garnish with the Japanese leeks.
5

Pour the ☆ black tea sauce from Step 4 over the pork. It's ready.