The Hirshon Hawaiian Okinawan Miso Glazed Pork Belly ラフテー Food

OKINAWAN SHOYU PORK

Steps:

• In a pot, over medium-high heat, brown the pork belly on all sides. This should take about 5-minutes.
• Add the garlic and ginger to the pot. Mix and saute for another minute till the garlic and ginger is fragrant. Then add the water, soy sauce, sake, brown sugar, and mirin.
• Bring everything to a boil. Then reduce the heat to low. Cover the pot and simmer for 1.5 hours (give it a stir every 20 minutes). The pork is ready when it is tender and easily pierced with a fork.
• Remove the lid, and turn the heat to medium-high. Let the sauce bubble away and reduce until it becomes thick and glaze-y. Pour it out into a bowl, and serve hot, with rice. Enjoy ^_^

THE HIRSHON HAWAIIAN OKINAWAN MISO GLAZED PORK BELLY - ラフテー

Steps:

• Shave or burn skin hair from pork belly, if needed. Boil and simmer pork about 1 hour with the scallions and ginger - the pork should be completely covered by water at the start.
• 6 minutes to the end, add 4 cold eggs from the fridge.
• Skim off oil, remove eggs and put them in an ice bath until cool, then peel and reserve. Also reserve about 1 cup of pork stock and discard solids. Combine reserved pork stock with optional dashi.
• Slice pork into ½-inch thick pieces. Mix miso, sugar, awamori, soy sauce and ½ cup pork stock / dashi together. Lay pork belly and carrot pieces in a skillet and cover with miso mixture.
• Simmer on low heat for 1 ½ to 2 hours, adding pork stock as needed to prevent miso from burning. Turn pieces occasionally.
• In the last 5 minutes, add optional wasabi. Stir once again before serving and add some dots of Chinese mustard to the meat. Garnish with eggs that have been cut in half at the equator, plus baby bok choy and flowering chive heads if you're so inclined.

OKINAWA SHOYU PORK

Steps:

• Place pork belly into a large pot, and cover with water about 1-inch above the pork. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, and simmer for 2 minutes. Discard water and fill pot with fresh water about 1-inch above the pork. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until the pork begins to soften, about 1 hour.
• Remove the pork from the water, and place on a cutting board. Allow pork to cool for a few minutes, then slice off the thick skin and discard. Cut the remaining pork meat into 1-inch wide slices. Set aside.
• Combine the soy sauce, brown sugar, 1/2 cup water, mirin, ginger, and garlic in a large saucepan, and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the sliced pork belly, then bring to a boil again. Reduce heat to low, and place a sheet of aluminum foil directly over the meat and sauce. Simmer uncovered until the pork is tender, 30 to 45 minutes, turning the pork several times to cook evenly.