Buta-don (Simmered Pork Over Rice)

This is a simple lunch or dinner you could make that reheats well as leftovers for lunch the next day! I like this dish with thinly sliced pork belly, but if you can’t get that, thinly sliced pork loins work too. You can top it with garlic miso (minced garlic and miso paste), togarashi pepper flakes, an egg, scallions, shiso, etc.

Recipe

• 1 lb thinly sliced pork belly or pork loins
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1/4 cup sake or mirin
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• Cooked rice
• Optional Garlic miso (miso paste, minced garlic)
• Optional Togarashi pepper powder
• Optional Poached/fried/raw egg
• Optional Shredded shiso or scallions

1. Sautee onions in vegetable oil over medium high heat until translucent.
2. Add pork slices, soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil, and sake or mirin and cook until pork is done.
3. Scoop over rice and top with optional toppings or eat as is!