Japanese

Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork)

Name: Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 lb thinly sliced pork belly; 2 tbsp grated ginger; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp mirin; 1 tbsp sake; 1 tsp sugar; 3 cups cabbage; 1 tbsp neutral oil

Yuki @yuki_1993

Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

15 min Easy Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 lb thinly sliced pork belly
2 tbsp grated ginger
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp mirin
1 tbsp sake
1 tsp sugar
3 cups cabbage
1 tbsp neutral oil

How to cook it

Stir the ginger, soy sauce, mirin, sake, and sugar together for the marinade.
Toss the pork slices in half the marinade and let sit 10 minutes.
Heat the oil in a skillet over high heat and sear the pork in batches until browned, about 2 minutes per side.
Return all the pork to the pan, pour in the remaining marinade, and toss until glazed, about 1 minute.
Pile the finely shredded cabbage alongside and serve.

Watch how to cook Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork)

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Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Something to sip
- Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
  
  15 min
The cooked vegetable
- Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
  
  20 min
What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork) carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 640 kcal
Protein: 11 g
Carbs: 6 g
Fat: 63 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 680 mg
Saturated fat: 22 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Buta no Shogayaki (Ginger Pork) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.