Pan-Fried Pork Belly & Ginger with Green Leaves & Avocado Salad in a Wasabi Vinaigrette

A Nikkei Buta no Shoga Yaki Salad

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Nikkei Cuisine: Japanese Food the South American Way

By Luiz Hara

Published 2015

  • About

A summertime favourite in Japan, this delicious salad is topped with thin slices of fried pork belly marinated in a rich mixture of ginger and soy, known in Japanese as buta no shoga yaki. It is an all-in-one meal – and with its zingy and intense ginger flavours, it’s a very refreshing one, too.

Ingredients

  • 400 g (14 oz) pork belly, thinly sliced
  • 1–2 tbsp sunflower oil

Method

Start by preparing the marinade. Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl, then add the pork belly and allow to marinate for about 10–15 minutes. Cover and set aside.

Now onto the wasabi vinaigrette. Add the soy sauce, rice vinegar, grated ginger, sugar and wasabi paste to a jar, close it and shake to mix. Ensure all the sugar and wasabi have dissolved in the liquid, then add the sunflower