Chashu Pork (Marinated Braised Pork Belly for Tonkotsu Ramen) Recipe
This chashu pork (pork belly braised in soy sauce, sake, and mirin) is the perfectly tender addition to your next bowl of ramen.
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Serious Eats / J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
Recipe Facts
Ingredients
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2 pound slab of boneless pork belly, skin-on
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1/2 cup soy sauce
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1 cup sake
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1 cup mirin
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1/2 cup sugar
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6 scallions, roughly chopped
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6 whole garlic cloves
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One 2-inch knob ginger, roughly sliced
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1 whole shallot, split in half (skin on)
Directions
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Lay pork belly on cutting board and roll up lengthwise, with skin facing out.
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Using butchers twine, tightly secure pork belly at 3/4-inch intervals.
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Preheat oven to 275°F. Heat 1 cup water, soy sauce, sake, mirin, sugar, scallions, garlic, ginger, and shallot in a medium saucepan over high heat until boiling. Add pork belly (it won't be submerged). Cover with a lid left slightly ajar. Transfer to oven and cook, turning pork occasionally, until pork is fully tender and a cake tester or thin knife inserted into its center meets little resistance, 3 to 4 hours. Transfer contents to a sealed container and refrigerate until completely cool.
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When ready to serve, remove pork belly and strain broth. Reserve broth for another use (like making ajitsuke tamago). Slice pork belly into thin rounds (it might help to cut it in half lengthwise first).
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Reheat pork belly slices in soup broth with noodles and other garnishes. Alternatively, heat a small amount of reserved broth in a skillet and heat pork slices in broth until hot or reheat with a blowtorch, charring its surface. Serve.
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Special equipment
Twine
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Nutrition Facts (per serving) | |
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378 | Calories |
24g | Fat |
8g | Carbs |
27g | Protein |
Nutrition Facts | |
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Servings: 6 to 8 | |
Amount per serving | |
Calories | 378 |
% Daily Value* | |
Total Fat 24g | 31% |
Saturated Fat 9g | 44% |
Cholesterol 95mg | 32% |
Sodium 328mg | 14% |
Total Carbohydrate 8g | 3% |
Dietary Fiber 0g | 1% |
Total Sugars 7g | |
Protein 27g | |
Vitamin C 1mg | 3% |
Calcium 57mg | 4% |
Iron 1mg | 7% |
Potassium 317mg | 7% |
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. |