Delicious One Pan Pork Belly Bowl
Weeknight dinners just got easy with this Asian inspired pork belly bowl with packed with pasture raised pork and lots of veg, with fresh local ingredients from WA.
This bowl is delightful as many of the ingredients can be substituted to suit your dietary needs. Swap out rice for brown rice, cous cous or grains. For a lower fat option, you can substitute pork belly for a leaner cut, or diced chicken breast is equally as blissful. If doing so, add in a dash of neutral oil to enhance the flavour and ensure your pan doesn't get too stuck.
Our tips to creating a deliciously flavourful rice bowl is to utilise day old rice. The rice dries out slightly overnight and creates the perfect base to absorb a stir fry while remaining chewy and fluffy. Alternatively, you can cook rice slightly drier and make sure to stir and allow it to cool down, so that when incorporating into a mix bowl it's not too wet.
Serves 2, est. 30min
INGREDIENTS
- 200g pork belly, thinly slice
- 1 spring onion, sliced finely
- 250 grams of rice, cooked
- 1 red capsicum, cut into slices
- 1 brown onion, sliced
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- additional spring onion to serve
- toasted sesame seeds to serve
- Japanese mayonnaise to serve (optional)
We're serving this with some edamame, but shredded cabbage with a drizzle of rice vinegar would be delightful.
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Steps
- Mix together the soy sauce, mirin, and sesame oil and marinate your protein with salt and pepper to taste
- In a large pan on high heat, stir fry your protein and make sure to pour in the juices of the marinade. We recommend using a wok, but any large pan on high heat will do. Make sure to keep stirring through so that the pork caramelises and doesn't stick to the pan
- Remove the pork from the pan and set aside. Stir fry the capsicum, spring onion and onion
- Add your rice to the pan and stir, making sure it absorbs all the juices and season with salt and pepper to taste
- Add pork back into the pan and give everything a mix
- Plate and serve with a drizzle of sesame oil (optional), sesame seeds, a generous heap of spring onion, and greens.
You can add or substitute just about anything in this tried and true recipe- the pillars of mirin, soy sauce and sesame oil do the heavy lifting, while the spring onion and toasted sesame seed bring out the crunch and depth of flavour.
