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Japanese Pork and Kabocha
Photo: Sam Loyd

Japanese Pork and Kabocha

11 ingredients 21 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

619
Calories
39g
Protein
34g
Fat
33g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Corn 1/2 cup kernels (82g) 77
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Sake 1 oz (30ml) 39
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Quail 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

  • 2 lbs pork
  • 1 kabocha
  • 2 cans corn
  • 2 onions
  • 40 quail eggs
  • ½ package frozen mixed vegetables
  • 6 Tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons sake
  • 3 Tablespoons mirin
  • salt and pepper
  • garlic powder

Directions

1

Cut pork into small pieces (approximately 2 x 3 inches).

2

Place pieces in a large pot.

3

Wash and rinse three times and then fill pot with water to just cover pork.

4

Cover pot with lid and bring to a boil. Skim foam and fat several times as it boils.

5

Add salt and pepper, and garlic powder to taste.

6

Also add soy sauce, sake, and mirin.

7

Simmer about 1 hour.

8

Cut kabocha squash into wedges and seed. Then cut each wedge into cubes, about 2 x 2 inches. Trim the hard green skin on all four edges of each cube, creating a beveled appearance.

9

Boil the quail eggs, stirring slowly as they begin to boil so the yolks will become centered as they cook.

10

After 8 minutes, stop cooking and cool by pouring cold water over the pot of eggs. Peel.

11

Add 2 coarsely chopped onions to the pork in the cooking pot and the mixed frozen vegetables. Continue boiling pork.

12

Adjust salt to taste.

13

Drain and add canned corn.

14

Add kabocha cubes to pot. Cook until tender.

15

Add more mirin and soy sauce to taste.

16

When all is cooked, add the hard boiled quail eggs.

17

Category:Japanese_Meat_Dishes

18

Category:Pork Recipes

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Category:Kabocha squash Recipes

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Category:Quail egg Recipes

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Category:Corn Recipes

Recipe sourced from fandom

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