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Kakuni Pork Belly

Name: Kakuni Pork Belly - Taco Base
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 lb pork belly, skin removed, cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 0.5 cup sake; 0.5 cup mirin; 0.25 cup soy sauce; 3 tbsp brown sugar; 2 inch piece fresh ginger, sliced; 4 cloves garlic cloves, smashed; 4 whole scallions, cut into 2-inch pieces; 1 piece kombu seaweed

PREP: 15min•COOK: 130min

Pork belly cubes blanched, then braised in sake, soy, and mirin for 1.5-2 hours until the fat turns to silk and the exterior lacquers. Japanese home cooking at its most patient — and most forgiving. The braise is almost impossible to overdo.←Back to Taco Base Recipes

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