Easiest Way to Make Yummy Ginger Pork (shogayaki)

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Ginger Pork (shogayaki). Pork shogayaki (生姜焼き, ginger pork) is a thinly sliced sautéed pork full of ginger flavour, which makes the sauce so tasty. It is one of the most popular recipes on the lunch menu as well as the bento box (Japanese lunch box). Classic Japanese ginger pork recipe, one of my favorite homemade dish with tender sliced pork loin in sweet ginger sauce.

Mix all sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.

Heat the oil in a frying pan over high heat and saute the pork slices on one side until each is a light brown color.

Then turn and saute on the other side to the same light brown color.

You can have Ginger Pork (shogayaki) using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Ginger Pork (shogayaki)

1. You need Slices of pork 200grams.

2. It’s 2 tablespoon of Soy sauce.

3. Prepare 2 tablespoon of Mirin.

4. You need 1 tablespoon of Sugar.

5. Prepare of Ginger 1 teaspoon grated.

6. Prepare 1 teaspoon of Wheat flour.

7. You need of Salt (small amount).

8. You need of Mayo small amount(optional).

9. It’s of Cabbage 1/6 of the whole.

10. It’s of Green onions small amount(garnish, optional).

Shōgayaki is a Japanese recipe where the pork is marinated and fried in ginger.

Shōga (生姜) means ginger and yaki (焼き) means fry.

Although pork is not mentioned in the name, this dish is made almost exclusively with pork.

The full name would be Buta no Shogayaki 豚の生姜焼き) or Ginger Fried Pork.

Ginger Pork (shogayaki) instructions

1. Slice cabbage and green onions while the cutting board is clean. These are garnishes..

2. On a plate or cutting board, salt sliced pork lightly and coat it with flour..

3. Grate some ginger..

4. In a frying pan, cook the pork in medium heat..

5. When the pork is 80% cooked, add sugar, mirin and soy sauce and caramelize it. Add ginger too..

6. On a plate of sliced cabbages, set along the pork. Done!!.

The marinade for Shogayaki is super simple with equal parts soy sauce and sake, a half part ginger juice and third part sugar.

The resulting sauce is redolent of ginger with a mild sweetness that balances out the saltiness of the soy sauce.

Shogayaki ginger pork is the quintessential ginger based Japanese dish, made by cooking thinly sliced pork, grated or finely sliced fresh ginger and chopped onions together in a sweet soy based sauce.

Serve with freshly cooked Japanese rice and julienned cabbage as a flavoursome lunchtime or dinner meal.

Combine soy sauce, ginger and mirin in a bowl.