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Japanese braised pork belly recipe
Photo: Sam Loyd

Japanese braised pork belly recipe

10 ingredients 20 min + 3 hr 5 min 4 people openrecipes

A succulent pork belly, cooked Japanese style in soy sauce, mirin and rice wine vinegar. Flavour with star anise and fresh root ginger.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

699
Calories
33g
Protein
28g
Fat
70g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Star Anise not in our table 0
Fruit not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 500 pork belly, boneless
  • g oil for browning the pork
  • 1 sugar
  • tbsp fresh root ginger, peeled & thinly sliced
  • 2 soy sauce
  • tbsp Mirin
  • 2 rice wine vinegar
  • tbsp star anise fruit
  • 70 spring onions, roughly chopped
  • ml water

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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