Roasted and Marinated Pork

Name: Roasted and Marinated Pork (Yuan)
Yield: Serves four
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 45 ml/3 tbsp sake; 1 lime, sliced into thin rings; 60 ml/4 tbsp mirin; 105 ml/7 tbsp shoyu; 4 spring onions (scallions), trimmed, white part only; 600 g/1 lb 5 oz pork fillet; generous pinch of salt; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 10 g/¼ oz dried wakame, soaked in water for 20 minutes and drained; 10 cm/4 in celery stick, trimmed and cut in half crossways; 1 carton mustard and cress

Yuan

Preparation info

Serves
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Cookbook

By Emi Kazuko and Yasuko Fukuoka

Published 2024

About

Yuan, a sauce made from sake, shoyu, mirin and citrus fruit, is often used to marinate ingredients either before or after cooking. In this recipe, the sauce gives a delicate flavour to pork. If possible, leave the meat to marinate overnight.

Ingredients

600 g/1 lb 5 oz pork fillet
1

Asia
Japan
Main course

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Rub the pork with crushed garlic and salt, and leave for 15 minutes.