Simmered Pork Belly

Name: Simmered Pork Belly
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 kg Pork belly block; 5 Boiled eggs; 2/3 Daikon radish; 1 bag Spinach; 1 Japanese mustard; 120 ml Soy sauce; 150 ml Sake; 100 ml Mirin; 40 ml Sugar; 1 The rinsing water from rinsing rice; 1 tbsp If using water, some rice (or rice bran); 2 stalks worth The green part of a Japanese leek; 3 to 4 slices Sliced ginger

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I wanted to have some delicious simmered pork belly, so I made this.

If you stir fry the pork in plenty of oil, the fat will come off easier.
I also have a blog post about this recipe (Japanese): http://ameblo.jp/cooking-s-papa/entry-11645133507.html For 5 servings. Recipe by Cooking S Papa

I wanted to have some delicious simmered pork belly, so I made this.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I wanted to have some delicious simmered pork belly, so I made this.

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Ingredients

5 servings

1 kgPork belly block
5Boiled eggs
2/3Daikon radish
1 bagSpinach
1Japanese mustard
Pork Belly Simmering Sauce
120 mlSoy sauce
150 mlSake
100 mlMirin
40 mlSugar
For Parboiling the Pork:
1The rinsing water from rinsing rice
1 tbspIf using water, some rice (or rice bran)
2stalks worth The green part of a Japanese leek
3to 4 slices Sliced ginger

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Steps

1

Make the simmering sauce. Put the sake and mirin in a pan, and bring to a boil. Cook until the alcohol has evaporated, add the sugar and soy sauce, and the sauce is done.
2

Put a generous amount of oil into a frying pan, and shallow fry the pork belly block.
3

Put the shallow fried pork belly block and all the parboiling ingredients into a pressure cooker and heat. When it comes to a boil, skim off the scum, lock on the lid and cook under pressure for 20 minutes.
4

After 20 minutes, turn the heat off and leave until the pressure comes down naturally, and to continue to cook the pork with residual heat.
5

When the pressure has come down and the cooker has cooled down, take the meat out and rinse it quickly. Cut into 5 pieces.
6

Wash out the pressure cooker. Add back the pork belly, plus peeled and sliced daikon radish as well as the simmering sauce from Step 1. Heat the cooker to bring it up to pressure, and cook under pressure for 15 minutes.
7

De-pressurize the cooker and open the lid. Push the daikon radish to the side, add the boiled eggs and place a piece of paper towel on top of the contents of the cooker to act as a drop lid (otoshibuta).
8

Simmer to reduce for about 10 minutes, while pouring the sauce over the meat occasionally.
9

Serve on a plate with boiled spinach. Spoon over some of the sauce with Japanese mustard on the side.