Pork Belly with Shiso Butter Soy Sauce

Name: Pork Belly with Shiso Butter Soy Sauce (Buta no Shiso Butter Don)
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Canola oil 1 tsp; Mirin 3 Tbsp; Koikuchi soy sauce 1½ Tbsp; Pork belly steak 250 g (9 oz), sliced into 5-cm (2-in) strips; Shiso leaves 12; Unsalted butter 15 g (½ oz); Steamed rice 400 g (14 oz)

Buta no Shiso Butter Don

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Donburi

By Aki Watanabe

Published 2022

About

Sweet pork belly and rich butter with the refreshing flavour of shiso leaves create an appetising fragrance.

Ingredients

Shiso leaves 12
Canola oil 1 tsp
Pork belly steak 250

Asia
Japan
Main course
Lunch

Method

Finely shred shiso leaves. Set half of the shredded shiso aside for garnishing.
Heat oil in a frying pan. Pan-fry pork belly on both sides. Remove from heat when browned. If pan is sticky, wipe with a paper towel.
Heat butter, koikuchi soy sauce and mirin in the pan. Add pork and shredded shiso leaves to glaze. Note that shiso will blacken when glazed. R