Kimchi Pork

This dish never fails to please a hungry crowd. There are days that I crave stuffing my face with white rice. Kimchi Pork falls right in the arena to eat with white rice (as well as my ginger pork from the post prior to this). It's also an item you can most likely find at an Izakaya or Japanese diner like the ginger pork.

Ingredients are simple: 

• 1.5lbs of pork belly or shoulder
• 1 14oz(I believe but I'll double check) of mat kimchi
• 1/2 white onion thinly sliced
• kewpie mayonnaise
• shichimi pepper (optional) 
• sesame seeds (optional) 
• minced green onions (optional)  

You'll start my sautéing the onions w a little oil till they are halfway cooked. The pork will go in after seasoning lightly w salt and pepper. When the pork is cooked, you will dump in the jar of kimchi and give it a quick mix. I normally cook the kimchi in for 1-2 minutes. I drizzle kewpie mayonnaise on too then give it another toss. 

The final touches will be another drizzle of mayonnaise, sesame seeds, shichimi pepper, and green onions. 

Eat this over a hot bowl of steamy rice!  

Ginger Pork

One of my favorite things to eat now one of my favorite dishes to make. If you are ever traveling to Japan and end up at a Japanese diner, feel free to ask for "shogayaki". This dish is extremely comforting and filling. It goes great with a hot bowl of steamy white rice which is what I needed when I worked at an Izakaya. This was a meal that filled me up quick to get me through a nights service or something to fill my empty stomach after a night of hard work.

Recipe is extremely simple. The only real trick is how much grated ginger to put. I love a lot of ginger where it's prominent, but I know a lot of it can scare of people.

Regardless, this is how I made it.

• 1.5 pounds of pork (recommend thin sliced pork belly or thin sliced pork butt).
• 1 medium onion sliced (I used yellow)
• 1/2 of a cabbage, thinly sliced.
• Kewpie mayonnaise (optional, but imperative for me)
• 4 tablespoons Mirin
• 2 tablespoons Kikkoman soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 2 tablespoons grated ginger

The onions are slightly sweated on medium high before putting in the pork belly. The pork belly is seasoned ever so lightly with salt and pepper. Once the pork is cooked through before browning, pour in the ginger sauce and mix the ingredients until coated.

Grab a bowl and scoop some hot white rice, topped with the raw cabbage slices, then the hot ginger pork. Drizzle with Kewpie mayonnaise and a dash of sesame seeds.

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