Authentic Japanese Cooking: Pork Ginger - Dining with the Chef

Chef Saito introduces two classic Japanese dishes often served in Japanese homes: pork ginger and sunomono. You can enjoy the taste of Japanese home cooking, wherever you are!

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★Pork Ginger

Ingredients (Serves 2)
250 g pork shoulder loin (thinly sliced)
200 g cabbage
8 cherry tomatoes
Parsley, as needed
Salt, as needed
Pepper, as needed
Flour, as needed
1 tbsp vegetable oil

3 tbsp sake
3 tbsp soy sauce
2/3 tbsp sugar
2/3 tbsp mirin
25 g grated ginger

Directions
1. Cut the pork shoulder loin into bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper, then dust with flour.
2. Shred the cabbage and soak it in water, then drain well.
3. Combine the sake, soy sauce, sugar, mirin, and grated ginger, and mix well in a bowl.
4. Heat oil in a frying pan. Cook the pork until almost cooked through, then transfer it to the sauce in a bowl and let it sit for one minute. Return the pork and the sauce to the pan and cook until cooked through. Serve with cabbage, tomatoes and parsley.


★Wakame and Cucumber Sunomono

Ingredients (Serves 2)
30 g wakame seaweed (salt-preserved)
130 g cucumber
1 tbsp white sesame seeds
Salt, as needed
Ponzu soy sauce, as needed

Directions
1. Rehydrate the wakame seaweed, then cut it into bite-sized pieces. Briefly blanch in boiling water, then rinse it with cold water and drain well.
2. Thinly slice the cucumber and massage it with salt. Rinse it with water and drain.
3. Mix the wakame seaweed, cucumber, white sesame seeds, and ponzu soy sauce.