How to make Perfect Homemade Pork Belly Chashu

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If you love eating ramen noodles with pork chashu on top, you will love this easy to make pork belly chashu at home. This is very simple and easy to make yet very tasty. You can use this pork belly chashu as a topping for ramen noodles or Chashu Rice Bowl or you can serve as is as an appetizer.

Ingredients

7.7 lbs (or 3.5 kg) Pork Belly (skinless) – https://amzn.to/3o1eNLd
100g Ginger – https://amzn.to/3lVvF41
70g Green Onion (green part) – https://amzn.to/37rmTHd
1 head Garlic – https://amzn.to/3j9s5kW
1 cup Soy Sauce – https://amzn.to/35a0nzw
1 cup Mirin – https://amzn.to/37ds0dL
1 cup Sake – https://amzn.to/31fb1nL
1 cup Water

Steps

Roll and tie the pork belly
Sear the pork belly in the pot
Remove the pork belly from the heat once seared
Discard the excess oil in the pot
Add back the pork belly in the pot
Add water, soy sauce, mirin, sake to the pot
Add ginger, garlic, green onion to the pot
Set to high heat and bring it to a boil
Once boiling, lower the heat and continue to simmer for an hour
Remove from the heat and cool down the pork belly
Place the pork belly together with the marinade sauce in the Ziploc and place in the fridge overnight
Slice the pork belly, broil it
Serve as a topping of the noodle, or Chashu don rice or as an appetizer