Tokachi Butadon (Hokkaido Pork Rice Bowl)

Name: Tokachi Butadon (Hokkaido Pork Rice Bowl)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 10 cm Japanese leek (naganegi) (white part); 1 tbsp turbinado sugar (or light brown); 4 tbsp water; 1 ½ tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 1 tsp sake; 1 tsp mirin; 1 tsp honey; 300 g slab skinless pork belly (or pork shoulder/butt); 1 pinch salt and pepper; 1 tsp potato starch (or cornstarch, for light dusting); 2 tsp cooking oil (canola, rice bran, etc.); 2 portions cooked Japanese short-grain rice; green peas (or edamame (precooked)); red pickled ginger (benishoga) (optional)

Instructions

Prep:5minCook:15min

Butadon is a comforting dish that originates from the Tokachi region of Hokkaido made with succulent pork belly fried in a caramelized soy sauce glaze served over fluffy white rice.

Updated at: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:45:02 GMT