Chashu Don

Name: Chashu Don
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 500g pork belly, rolled and tied; 100ml soy sauce; 100ml sake and 100ml mirin; 2 tbsp sugar; Ginger slices, garlic and spring onion; Soft-boiled or marinated eggs; Hot rice

チャーシュー丼/CHAH-shoo dohn/

Also known as: Chashudon, Japanese Braised Pork Rice Bowl, Chashu Rice Bowl

About this dish

A rice bowl topped with slices of soy-braised pork belly, the sweet braising sauce, spring onions and a soft egg.

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Ingredients

🐖500g pork belly, rolled and tied

🫙100ml soy sauce

🍶100ml sake and 100ml mirin

🍬2 tbsp sugar

🧄Ginger slices, garlic and spring onion

🥚Soft-boiled or marinated eggs

🍚Hot rice

Method

Serves 2

Brown the pork belly on all sides.

Add the soy sauce, sake, mirin, sugar, aromatics and water to half cover.

Simmer gently with a lid for 1.5–2 hours, turning now and then.

Cool, then slice and sear the slices briefly.

Lay over rice, spoon over the reduced sauce, and top with spring onions and an egg.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Chashu don uses the same braised pork as ramen shops and is often sold there as a small side bowl.

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