Rice Cooker Kakuni
- Total time
- 132 min
- Serves
- 4
- Cuisine
- Japanese
Ingredients
- 1.2 lbs (500-550 g) pork belly block
- green part of negi (Japanese green onion)
- 2-3 slices of ginger
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup sake
- 1/4 cup mirin
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 3-4 soft or hard boiled eggs, optional
- 3-4 servings cooked rice, about 200-250 grams each
Steps
- 1
Slice the pork belly into 3-4 thick cm pieces. You can keep them whole or cut them into cubes.
- 2
Over medium heat, lightly fry each side of the pork belly until golden brown.
- 3
Place the pork belly into the rice cooker pot and add water, sake, ginger and green onion and turn rice cooker on. Add enough water to cover the pork belly.
- 4
Once the timer goes off, remove excess oil. Add the mirin, sugar and soy sauce. Set to white rice mode again. Open the lid and add in the eggs. Close the lid and let the eggs marinate for 15 minutes.
- 5
Optionally, pour the liquid into a sauce pan and reduce until slightly thickened. Serve over rice along with the eggs. Pour some of the sauce over the kakuni and eggs and enjoy!
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