Make sure your slice is less than ⅛ inch (3 mm). If you don’t live near a Japanese market or Asian market, you can easily slice your own meat ( follow my tutorial). The sliced meat will shrink and curl up (which is ok!) but it will be more of a stir-frying style. I personally do not mind these thin pork slices but keep in mind that you can’t “sear” paper-thin pork slices. These “hot pot” pork slices are thinner than the ones we use for ginger pork.
This cut is pork loin (pork chop), not country-style pork ribs.Īsian grocery stores may carry thinly sliced pork for hot pot. You can get a conveniently sliced and packaged “Ginger Pork Cut” at Japanese grocery stores. It’s up to your preference, but the country-style pork ribs have nice fat in the middle so it yields juicy meat. There are two types of thinly sliced pork cut in Japan that are used for ginger pork: the first one is pork loin or pork chop, and the other one is country-style pork ribs ( this post explains the cut in detail). The quality of the pork makes a huge difference, and I have to mention this first. Over the years, I’ve learned a few tips that help the pork stay moist and tender. The biggest challenge with cooking pork is the meat can get dry and tough easily. Enjoy!ģ Important Tips to Make Juicy Ginger Pork Once the meat is well coated with the sauce, transfer to a serving plate.Add the pork back into the pan and pour the sauce.Pan-fry the pork slices in batches and take them out to a plate.Ginger Sauce: soy sauce, sake, mirin, sugar, and juice from the grated ginger.Ginger – Prepare enough ginger as we’ll also be using the ginger juice.Sake – Sake is always used to sprinkle on pork (or other meats) to remove any gamey smell and taste.Flour – This is a new trick I learned to make sure the pork is not dry.Thinly sliced pork – You can use other kinds of meat, but in Japan, Shogayaki always refers to a pork dish.
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How to Cook Ginger Pork Ingredients You’ll Need Some cook it without onion, some make it without any sweetener (no mirin or sugar), some may include garlic, and some may use different cuts of the pork. Here, thinly sliced pork is cooked with soy sauce, sake, and mirin along with ginger.Įach family makes their ginger pork slightly different so you’ll find some variations. Shoga (生姜) means ginger and yaki means grill or fry. In Japan, this dish is called Shogayaki (生姜焼き). Today I’ll show you how to make this popular mom-style food at home. The tender, juicy pieces of pork coated in a sweet gingery sauce, and served over rice? Pure comfort food. When I miss home, I’d often cook this for our family dinner and for the kids’ bento lunches. I loved it when I was growing up and still enjoy it very much these days. Ginger Pork, or what we call Shogayaki (生姜焼き), is a homey Japanese dish.
With tender and thinly sliced pork loin in a sweet ginger sauce, this is one of my favorite homemade dishes. Enjoy my recipe for classic Japanese Ginger Pork (Shogayaki).
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