Japanese Chashu Pork (Braised Pork Belly for Ramen)

Name: Japanese Chashu Pork (Braised Pork Belly for Ramen)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 700 g slab skinless pork belly (with a good balance of fat and lean meat); 50 g Japanese leek (naganegi) (green part); 50 g ginger root (thickly sliced); 3 cloves garlic (whole and peeled); 100 g onion (roughly cut); 1 tsp rice vinegar; 50 ml sake; 1 tbsp mirin; 250 ml pork stock (from part 1); 150 ml Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 30 g sugar

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:2h 10min

Make your own succulent, melt-in-mouth ramen restaurant-style chashu at home with this easy-to-follow recipe! Perfect on ramen, donburi or in fried rice!

Updated at: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:34:44 GMT