Buta Don Recipe - Japanese Cooking 101
Ingredients
- Pork belly · thinly sliced10 oz
- Salt2–3 pinches
- Katakuriko½ tbsp
- Sake3 tbsp
- Scallion1
- Onion¼
- Oil½ tbsp
- Rice2–3 cups
- Soy sauce2 tbsp
- Mirin1 tbsp
- Sugar1 tbsp
- Garlic1 clove
Instructions
- Cut the pork into 2-inch pieces. Mix the pork with the salt, potato starch and sake, and set aside for 5-10 minutes.
- Thinly chop the green onion and thinly slice the brown onion. Set aside.
- Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and stir until the sugar dissolves.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the pork, breaking it apart as it cooks, until lightly browned.
- Add the brown onion and cook until soft.
- Pour in the sauce and cook for a couple of minutes, until slightly thickened.
- Place steamed rice in a bowl, top with the pork, and sprinkle with chopped green onion.
Summarized from Japanese Cooking 101's video. Watch it for the details.
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