Easy But Tender Simmered Pork Belly Cubes

Name: Easy But Tender Simmered Pork Belly Cubes
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 450 grams Pork belly (block); 1 Vegetable oil; 1 Katakuriko; 1/2 The green part of a Japanese leek or green onion; 400 ml ★ Water; 3 tbsp ★ Sake; 3 tbsp ★ Sugar; 60 ml ☆Soy sauce; 1 tsp ☆ Grated ginger; 4 Boiled eggs (optional); 1 Green onions for garnish (optional); 1 Japanese mustard

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Simmered pork belly cubes can get tough if you cut corners, so I came up with this easy recipe. My husband loves this so I make it at least once a month.

Make sure to use pork belly. For 2-3 servings. Recipe by mi0921

Simmered pork belly cubes can get tough if you cut corners, so I came up with this easy recipe. My husband loves this so I make it at least once a month.

Make sure to use pork belly. For 2-3 servings. Recipe by mi0921

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

Simmered pork belly cubes can get tough if you cut corners, so I came up with this easy recipe. My husband loves this so I make it at least once a month.

Make sure to use pork belly. For 2-3 servings. Recipe by mi0921

Simmered pork belly cubes can get tough if you cut corners, so I came up with this easy recipe. My husband loves this so I make it at least once a month.

Make sure to use pork belly. For 2-3 servings. Recipe by mi0921

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Ingredients

2 servings

450 gramsPork belly (block)
1Vegetable oil
1Katakuriko
1/2The green part of a Japanese leek or green onion
400 ml★ Water
3 tbsp★ Sake
3 tbsp★ Sugar
60 ml☆Soy sauce
1 tsp☆ Grated ginger
4Boiled eggs (optional)
1Green onions for garnish (optional)
1Japanese mustard

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Steps

1

Tenderize the pork belly on both sides with a rolling pin.
2

Press from the sides to return the pork to its original shape.
3

Cut into half lengthwise and into thirds crosswise. Dust the surface of the pork with katakuriko. The pork will stretch out a bit so push from the sides into cubes.
4

Heat some oil in a frying pan and brown the meat over medium-low heat.
5

Parboil the pork and leek or green onion in enough water to cover the ingredients. Bring the water to a boil, turn down the heat to low and simmer for an hour (reserve the cooking liquid for another purpose).
6

In a separate pan, put in the ★ ingredients and add the parboiled pork. Bring to a boil and add the ☆ ingredients.
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Crumble up a piece of aluminium foil that's smaller than the diameter of the pan, and put it on top of the meat to act as an drop lid. Simmer over low heat for 1 hour, and it's done (If you're adding boiled eggs, put them into the pan during the last 20 minutes of cooking).
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A soy sauce flavored ramen made with the parboiling liquid: see.
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/170993-soy-sauce-ramen-soup-rearranged-simmered-pork-belly-cubes

Soy Sauce Ramen Soup (Rearranged Simmered Pork Belly Cubes)
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Stir-Fried and Simmered Daikon and Chicken -. This recipe uses the parboiling liquid plus the pork belly simmering sauce.
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Maitake Mushroom Rice -. This uses the pork belly simmering sauce.