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Butadon (Sweet-Salty Pork Rice Bowl)
Serves 2 · About 20 min
A rice bowl: pork and onion cooked in a frying pan, coated with a sweet-salty soy sauce and sugar sauce, and put on rice.
① Cut, and mix the sauce→② Cook the pork→③ Add the onion and sauce→④ Arrange on a plate
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How to make it
1
Cut, and mix the sauce
- Peel the onion and slice it lengthwise, about 5 mm wide, on the cutting board
- Cut off the root ends of the green onions and cut finely from the end (thin rounds)
- Cut only the long pieces of pork in half
- After cutting the pork, wash the cutting board, knife and your hands with dish soap
- Mix 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp mirin, 1 tbsp sake and 1 tbsp sugar in a small bowl (the sauce)
How to tell it's doneEverything is cut, and the sugar in the sauce has dissolved.
2
Cook the pork
- Heat 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat
- Spread the pork slices in one at a time, and turn over when browned
How to tell it's doneThe pork is browned on both sides, with no pink parts.
3
Add the onion and sauce
- Add the onion and stir-fry for about 2 minutes until soft
- Add all of the sauce from step 1 and cook for about 1 minute, stirring now and then to coat
How to tell it's doneThe sauce has gone down by about half and thickened, and the meat and onion look shiny. Cut 1 slice of pork: there is no pink inside.
Be carefulIf you cook it too long after adding the sauce, it burns. Turn off the heat once it thickens.
4
Arrange on a plate
- Put 200 g rice in each bowl
- Top with the pork and onion, and pour the sauce left in the pan over
- Top with green onions and 1/2 tsp white sesame seeds each
ReadyThe brown sauce has soaked into the rice, and the meat is shiny.
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If it didn't work out
The meat is toughCooked too long in step 2 or 3. Move on once the pink is gone.
The sauce burnedThe heat was too high in step 3, or it cooked too long. Turn off the heat as soon as it thickens.
The flavor is weakYou turned off the heat before the sauce cooked down. Cook it down a bit more, or add 1 tsp soy sauce.
Too sweetNext time, reduce the sugar to 2 tsp.
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