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By Triad Kurowski

Japanese Pork Bowl (Tokachi Butadon)

Name: Japanese Pork Bowl (Tokachi Butadon)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 120ml sake; 120ml soy sauce; 80ml mirin; 40g brown sugar; 1 large clove garlic (smashed); 1/4 tsp salt; 450g pork belly; 1 scallion (green parts chopped for garnish); 2 servings cooked short-grain rice

8 steps

Prep:10minCook:10min

With thick slices of rich pork enrobed in a caramelized sweet and savory sauce over a bed of rice, Tokachi-style Butadon is a mouthwatering Japanese pork bowl that can be made at home with this easy to follow recipe.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:38:00 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories1462 kcal (73%)

Total Fat118.7 g (170%)

Carbs53.3 g (21%)

Sugars31.3 g (35%)

Protein27.9 g (56%)

Sodium4268.1 mg (213%)

Fiber0.7 g (3%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

Butadon Sauce

120mlsake

120mlsoy sauce

80mlmirin

40gbrown sugar

1 clovegarlic

large, smashed

Butadon

¼ tspsalt

450gpork belly

1scallion

green parts chopped for garnish

2 servingsshort-grain rice

cooked

Instructions

Step 1

Add the soy sauce, sake, mirin, sugar, and smashed clove of garlic to a pot and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to keep the pot from boiling over, and cook the sauce until the bubbles become big and glossy and the sauce has reached a temperature of 230 degrees F.

Thermometer

Pot

sake120ml

soy sauce120ml

mirin80ml

brown sugar40g

garlic1 clove

Step 2

Sprinkle the pork evenly with the salt.

salt¼ tsp

pork belly450g

Step 3

Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat until very hot and then add the pork in a single layer (you may need to do this in batches). Fry until the pork has slightly browned on one side, and then flip it over and fry the second side.

Frying Pan

CooktopHeat

pork belly450g

Step 4

Transfer the pork to a plate and repeat until all of the pork has been fried.

Plate

Tongs

Step 5

Wipe out the oil from the pan after the last of the pork has been fried.

Kitchen Towel

Step 6

Add 1/4 cup of the sauce to the pan and reduce until the sauce is very thick and viscous and then return the pork to the pan. Flip the meat around several times until it is glazed with the sauce.

CooktopHeat

Frying Pan

Tongs

pork belly450g

Step 7

Transfer the pork to a wire rack set over a heat-proof tray. Use a kitchen torch to brown the glaze and meat until it is lightly charred around the edges.

Tray

Baking Rack

pork belly450g

Step 8

To assemble the pork bowls, add a portion of rice to two large bowls. Drizzle a tablespoon or two of sauce around the rice. Arrange the grilled pork on top of the rice. Garnish with scallions.