Name: Panfried Ginger Pork (Butaniku no Shogayaki)
Yield: Serves 3 or 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Canola or other neutral oil; Sesame oil; 4½ tablespoons soy sauce; 1½ tablespoons mirin; 3 tablespoons sake; 2 teaspoons ginger juice; 1 pound boneless pork loin chops, each 2–3 inches wide

Preparation info

Serves
3 or 4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Let's Cook Japanese Food!

By Amy Kaneko

Published 2017

About

Juicy, gingery, and a little sweet, this dish comes together very quickly. I first encountered shogayaki at my local Tokyo convenience store late one night after work. I asked my mother-in-law for a from-scratch recipe and now it’s a dinner staple with salad and rice.

Ingredients

1 pound boneless pork loin chops, each 2–3 inches wide

Method

Put the pork loin in the freezer for about 1 hour (this makes it easier to slice the meat very thinly). Cut the pork into about 12 slices, each ⅛ inch thick.
To make the marinade, in a bowl, combine the ginger juice, sake, mirin, and soy sauce and stir well. Add the pork, coating each piece with the marinade. Let stand for 5 minutes, then turn to marinate the s