Tender Cold Shabu-Shabu with Budget Pork Slices

Even with inexpensive pork slices, if you massage them with sake, sugar, and salt like the Salt Chicken Prep (ID:18949649), the meat stays tender even after chilling.
Recipe Background:
I noticed that shabu-shabu meat sometimes gets tough after chilling, so I tried prepping it the same way I do with chicken breast. It turned out nice and tender.
Tender Cold Shabu-Shabu with Budget Pork Slices
Even with inexpensive pork slices, if you massage them with sake, sugar, and salt like the Salt Chicken Prep (ID:18949649), the meat stays tender even after chilling.
Recipe Background:
I noticed that shabu-shabu meat sometimes gets tough after chilling, so I tried prepping it the same way I do with chicken breast. It turned out nice and tender.
Cooking Instructions
- 1
[Sauce Preparation]
1. Peel the daikon radish and grate it. Place the grated daikon in a strainer and press with the back of a spoon to squeeze out excess liquid. - 2
2. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine sugar, dashi granules, and water. Microwave at 600W for 40–50 seconds.
- 3
3. Add soy sauce, mirin, vinegar, lemon juice, and the squeezed grated daikon to the bowl from step 2. Mix well.
- 4
[Prepare the Vegetables]
Slice the eggplant in half lengthwise, then cut into thin slices. Sauté both sides in a frying pan with salad oil. Wash and tear the lettuce into bite-sized pieces. - 5
[Prep the Pork] Cut the pork slices into bite-sized pieces. Add sake, sugar, and salt in order, massaging each in well.
- 6
Fill a pot with enough water and bring to a boil. Reduce to low heat, then add the pork pieces one at a time, spreading them out.
- 7
When the pork changes color, remove it and place it in a bowl of water. Change the water to cool the pork, then drain in a strainer.
- 8
If you want the pork even colder, chill it in ice water, then drain.
- 9
Arrange the lettuce and eggplant on a serving plate, top with the pork, and pour the sauce over everything.
- 10
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'Summer Refreshing Chicken Breast Cold Shabu-Shabu with Sauce' (ID:18824605) - 11
'Summer Refreshing! Tender Pork Cold Shabu-Shabu' (ID:20194292)
*In this recipe, the pork is coated with potato starch before boiling. - 12
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'Easy & Healthy! Pork Nanbanzuke without Deep Frying' (ID:20098737) - 13
'Pork and Summer Vegetables: Eggplant and Bell Pepper Stir-Fry' (ID:18419886)
- 14
'Juicy Pork with Scallion Salt Sauce' (ID:18384051)
- 15
'Summer Stamina Pork with Vinegar' (ID:19656638)
- 16
'Pork Cutlet with Just 1cm Oil in the Pan' (ID:19825583)
- 17
'Pork Karaage with Sweet and Spicy Sauce, 5mm Oil in the Pan' (ID:18001670)
- 18
'BBQ Special Marinated Pork' (ID:18358675)
- 19
'Juicy Pork with Yu Lin Chi-Style Sauce' (ID:20165084)
- 20
'Make-Ahead & Freeze for Lunchboxes! Pork Cutlet' (ID:19456701)
- 21
'Make-Ahead & Freeze for Lunchboxes! Pork and New Onion Ginger Stir-Fry' (ID:19791765)
- 22
☆ 2017.09.01
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