Buta no Kakuni (Japanese Braised Pork Belly)

Name: Buta no Kakuni (Japanese Braised Pork Belly)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 600 g slab skinless pork belly; 30 g ginger root; 1 Japanese leek (naganegi) (green part); 500 ml pork broth (the liquid from cooking the pork); 100 ml lager beer; 1 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp light brown sugar; 100 ml Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 4 soft-boiled egg (optional); Japanese leek (naganegi) (white part, optional garnish); Japanese mustard (karashi) (optional, or hot English mustard)

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:1h 45min

Buta no Kakuni is a flavorful Japanese home-style dish made with melt-in-mouth pork belly slow-cooked in a rich soy-based broth, served with soft-boiled eggs and green onion.

Updated at: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:53:04 GMT