How to Cook Appetizing My Grandma's Signature Dish- Steam-Simmered Pork Belly and Chinese Cabbage *

My Grandma's Signature Dish- Steam-Simmered Pork Belly and Chinese Cabbage *.

You can cook My Grandma's Signature Dish- Steam-Simmered Pork Belly and Chinese Cabbage * using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of My Grandma's Signature Dish- Steam-Simmered Pork Belly and Chinese Cabbage *

1. Prepare 350 of to 400 grams Thinly sliced pork belly.
2. It's 1 of Sake.
3. It's 1/2 of Chinese cabbage.
4. Prepare 1/2 large of stalk Japanese leek.
5. You need 1 tbsp of Dashi stock granules.
6. Prepare 1 tbsp of Sugar.
7. You need 30 ml of Mirin.
8. Prepare 30 ml of Soy sauce.

My Grandma's Signature Dish- Steam-Simmered Pork Belly and Chinese Cabbage * instructions

1. The photo shows double the amount of the recipe. Cut the pork belly slices into 4. Sprinkle with sake and rub in..
2. Slice the leek diagonally..
3. Cut the cabbage into bite sized pieces. Cut the core part into thin diagonal slices..
4. Pour 3 cm of water (not listed) into a heavy bottomed pot, and layer the cabbage → pork belly → cabbage → pork belly... until everything is in the pot. Cover with a lid and turn the heat to medium..
5. Careful not to let it burn!!!.
6. When steam is coming out of the pan, and the contents are bubbling, turn the heat down from medium to low, replace the lid and steam-simmer..
7. A pot-full of vegetables shrinks down! The moisture is all from the vegetables..
8. When the ratio of liquid, cabbage, and pork in the pot is about even, add the leek, dashi stock granules, sugar, and mirin and bring to a boil..
9. Add the soy sauce, simmer for 5 to 10 minutes, and it's done..
10. It tastes even better if you let it cool down once to let the flavors meld, and heat it up again..