Pork Belly
Ingredients | Qty | Unit |
Deboned pork belly (raw) | 1 | kg |
oil for searing | 500 | ml |
For braising stock | ||
Water | 1 | ltr |
Ginger | 150 | gm |
Sake | 180 | ml |
Light soy | 100 | ml |
Sugar | 50 | gm |
For the sauce | ||
Dark soy Sauce | 100 | ml |
Mirin | 80 | ml |
Sake | 80 | ml |
Honey | 80 | ml |
potato starch( dissolved in some water) | 15 | gm |
Preparation:
- Clean pork belly .Remove any excess fat and cut in desired size to fit in a non stick pan.
- Sear the pork in a pan on high heat from all sides.
For braising
- Clean & slice ginger
- Heat water in a stock pot
- Add sake, ginger, soy & sugar. Bring it to boil
- Add seared pork belly , making sure it is kept immersed in the liquid all the time
- Bring down the heat & simmer it for three and half hours.
- After cooking take out from the liquid & bring it to room temperature
- Press it with weight for 8 hours to make it firm.
- Cut in cube shape.
For sauce
- Mix the entire ingredient except potato starch.
- heat the mixture & thicken with potato starch
Finishing and serving
- Sear the cooked pork belly on medium heat till all side get crisp.
- Pour Sauce on it & glaze it properly. Serve hot
Chef Vikram Khatri
Executive Chef
Guppy By Ai