Name: Kakuni (Japanese Braised Pork Belly)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 255 min
Total time: 270 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 Tokyo negi (naga negi; long green onion) (or several green onions/scallions); 1 knob ginger (2 inches, 5 cm; unpeeled; divided, for slow cooking and braising); 1⅔ lb pork belly (or up to 1¾ lb, 790 g for this batch of seasonings; skinless; ask your butcher to remove the skin); ½ Tbsp neutral oil (for searing); ¼ cup sake; 4 large eggs (50 g each w/o shell) (optional; cold from the refrigerator); 5 snap peas (optional, for garnish; or green beans); For the Seasonings:; 1 dried red chili pepper (optional); 2½ cups dashi (Japanese soup stock) (use standard Awase Dashi, dashi packet or powder, or Vegan Dashi); ¼ cup sake; ¼ cup mirin; ¼ cup sugar; ¼ cup soy sauce; For Serving:; shichimi togarashi (Japanese seven spice) (optional, to taste)

Ingredients

(Servings: 4)

1 Tokyo negi (naga negi; long green onion) (or several green onions/scallions)

1 knob ginger (2 inches, 5 cm; unpeeled; divided, for slow cooking and braising)

1⅔ lb pork belly (or up to 1¾ lb, 790 g for this batch of seasonings; skinless; ask your butcher to remove the skin)

½ Tbsp neutral oil (for searing)

¼ cup sake

4 large eggs (50 g each w/o shell) (optional; cold from the refrigerator)

5 snap peas (optional, for garnish; or green beans)

1 dried red chili pepper (optional)

2½ cups dashi (Japanese soup stock) (use standard Awase Dashi, dashi packet or powder, or Vegan Dashi)

¼ cup sake

¼ cup mirin

¼ cup sugar

¼ cup soy sauce

shichimi togarashi (Japanese seven spice) (optional, to taste)

Kakuni (Japanese Braised Pork Belly)

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Kakuni (Japanese Braised Pork Belly)

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For The Seasonings

For Serving

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Nutrition Facts Nutrition facts are based on 1 serving. If servings is not specified, 4 is assumed for the total recipe.

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