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Buta no Shogayaki (Japanese Ginger Pork)

5 from 9 votes
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Japanese "shogayaki" is a fragrant dish made up of thin slices of pork cooked in a sweet and aromatic ginger sauce. It's seriously delicious and ready in just 30 minutes!

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes

Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 2 portions
Calories 476
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese
Servings: 2 portions
Calories: 476

Ingredients 
 

Sauce

Shogayaki

  • 250 g pork loin or pork belly, thinly sliced
  • salt and pepper for seasoning
  • all-purpose flour for dusting
  • 1 tbsp cooking oil
  • 6 shishito peppers

Instructions 

  • Finely grate 20 g ginger root, 1 tsp apple(s), 1 tsp yellow onion(s) and 1 clove garlic.
    grating ginger for shogayaki sauce
  • Add 2 tbsp soy sauce, 3 tbsp sake, 2 tbsp mirin, 1 tbsp dashi stock and 1 tsp honey to a small bowl, then add the grated ingredients and mix well. Set aside for later.
    mixing grated ingredients with condiments for shogayaki sauce
  • Take 250 g pork loin and make small incisions in the fat to prevent curling.
    making incisions in pork to prevent curling
  • Sprinkle each slice of pork with a pinch of salt and pepper on both sides and then lightly dust with all-purpose flour.
    coating pork with flour
  • Take a large pan and add 1 tbsp cooking oil. While it's still cold, place one piece of pork in the pan and move it in a circular motion to spread the oil evenly around the pan.
    Place the rest of the pork slices in pan laying flat, be careful not to overlap.
    placing pork in pan for shogayaki
  • Turn on the heat to medium and fry until the pork is browned underneath. Once browned, flip it over and add the sauce. Move pork around the pan to distribute the sauce evenly.
    pouring shogayaki sauce over cooked pork
  • Once pork is cooked through, remove it from the pan and place on serving plates. Fry 6 shishito peppers in the same pan with the leftover sauce for 2-3 minutes or until the peppers are slightly charred and the sauce has thickened.
    frying shishito peppers in leftover shogayaki sauce
  • Turn off the heat and dish up the peppers, drizzle any leftover sauce over the pork. Serve with rice and salad and enjoy! 
    dishing up shogayaki and drizzling with sauce

Notes

Buta no shogayaki is usually served with shredded cabbage/salad and Japanese style rice on the side.

Nutrition

Calories: 476kcal | Carbohydrates: 23.5g | Protein: 20.9g | Fat: 29.2g | Saturated Fat: 9.9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 1403.5mg | Fiber: 1.6g