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6
servings of pork belly; 7 to 8 cups ramen brothEasy
2 hr
Published 2020
The dishes chashu and kakuni basically use the same ingredients and have a similar cooking method. The big difference is their shape. For chashu, a pork belly slab is rolled lengthwise into a cylinder and tied firmly with kitchen twine before braising in liquid. When cooked, the belly is cut into rounds. Kakuni literally means “square simmered” and yes, (almost) square bite-sized pieces of pork are simmered in a braising liquid. To make things simple, I used the strips