Pork Shigureni with Sesame
Slow cooked ginger soy pork, a tasty accompaniment with steamed rice or Onigiri rice ball
Ingredients
- 1 lb pork
- 1 oz ginger root
- 1 cup water
- 4 Tbsp soy sauce
- 3 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp Sake
- 1 Tbsp Mirin
- 1 Tbsp ground sesame seeds
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- Cut pork into 2" long thin strips and cut ginger root into 2" long thin slices.
- Heat water in a pot and add cut ginger, soy sauce, sugar, Sake, and Mirin. When the water boils, add pork and stir so the pork doesn't bunch up. Let it boil and skim fat well.
- Cook covered for 20-30 minutes. Uncover and continue to cook until liquid is almost all gone.
- Remove from heat and stir in ground sesame. Sprinkle with some sesame seeds before serving.