Japanese Ginger Pork

If you’re a spicy food lover, I strongly recommend this dish, ginger pork. Generously garnish with more freshly grated ginger on top of the fried pork, that will entertain and make your taste buds dance.

I love the hot, spicy taste of ginger. Even though the ginger here in Australia costs very expensive, nearly an arm and a leg, I still love using it generously in my cooking. Its health benefits are huge. It helps cure a variety of gut problems, like acid reflux. That said, it can kill cancer cells.

My family and I enjoyed a dish mainly used ginger at a Japanese restaurant very much. It’s simple and delicious. I experimented and tried to replicate it at home the other day. My family was very satisfied with the outcome.

If you have little kids at home, you might like to reduce the amount of ginger. If you’re a spicy food lover, I strongly recommend this dish, ginger pork. Generously garnish with more freshly grated ginger on top of the fried pork, that will entertain and make your taste buds dance.

Japanese Ginger Pork Recipe

(Printable recipe)
By Christine’s Recipes
Course: Pork, Stir Fried
Cuisine: Japanese, Asian
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 10 mins
Yield: 3 to 4 serves

Ingredients:

• 320 gm pork (fillet, pork neck or collar butt)
• baby bok choy, to taste
• 3 tsp freshly grated ginger, plus more for garnish
• spring onion, finely chopped, for garnish

Seasonings:

• 3 Tbsp salt-reduced light soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp mirin
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp white rice wine

Method :

1. Mix all the ingredients of seasonings with grated ginger in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
2. Rinse and cut the baby bok choy lengthways. Briefly cook them in salted boiling water until softened. Drain out and soak in cold water in order to help keep its green colour. Drain well again. Place on a serving plate.
3. Slice the pork, each about 5mm in thickness. Wrap the slices in plastic wrap and tenderize by pounding flat with a rolling pin.
4. Heat a little oil in a non-stick frying pan or a skillet over medium-high heat. Dip the pork slices into the seasonings. Quickly brown in the hot pan. You might like to proceed in batches. Immediately serve with the bok choy. Garnish with spring onion and freshly grated ginger. It goes really well with steamed rice.

Notes：

• You can cook the remaining seasonings in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil. Drizzle over the cooked bok choy. It’s very delicious.
• As the pork is pounded to be very thin, it will absorb the seasonings and cooked through very quickly. Make sure not to over cook the pork, lest the pork turns tough.
• Mirin is a Japanese condiment, available at supermarkets or Asian grocers.