[RECIPE] Shio-Buta Don

This is a salt-flavored (Shio) pork (Buta) stir-fry with a savory starchy sauce served over freshly cooked rice. The delicious rice bowl dish is infused with the flavors of garlic and sesame oil, making it a satisfying one-bowl meal that will leave you craving for more. 

Recipe: 

Serving: 2

Time: 40 minutes 

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup Rice

• 200 ml Water

• 1/2 lb Thin sliced pork belly

• 2 pcs Scallion

• Sesame oil

• Sesame seeds 

Sauce 

• ½ tsp Salt

• 1 tsp Chuka Dashi (chicken based stock)

• 1 tsp Sake

• 1 clove Garlic (minced)

• 1 cup Water

• 1 tbsp Lemon juice

• Black pepper

• 1 tbsp Potato starch + 1 tbsp Water 

Instructions: 

1. Cook the rice by rinsing the rice and adding water. Cook it in a rice cooker or pot.

2. While the rice is cooking, prepare the ingredients by chopping the scallion, garlic, and cut the pork into bite size.

3. Heat a pan and add some sesame oil, add the pork belly to cook.

4. Once the pork is cooked through, add the sauce ingredients – salt, Chuka Dashi, garlic, Sake, lemon juice, black pepper, water and scallion.

5. In a small bowl, mix 1tbsp each of potato starch and water.

6. Once the sauce starts to thicken, remove it from the heat.

7. In a serving bowl, add the freshly cooked rice, then pour on the pork stir-fry with the sauce over it. Finish with some roasted sesame seeds.

RECIPE by Azusa