How to Cook Yummy Pork Shogayaki (Ginger Fried Pork)

Pork Shogayaki (Ginger Fried Pork). Pork Shogayaki (生姜焼き, ginger pork) is a thinly sliced sautéed pork full of ginger flavour, which makes the sauce so tasty. It is one of the most popular recipes on the lunch menu as well as the bento box (Japanese lunch box). It is very simple to make and excellent for a weekday dinner with a bowl of rice.

Although pork is not mentioned in the name, this dish is made almost exclusively with pork. The full name would be Buta no Shogayaki 豚の生姜焼き) or Ginger Fried Pork. Grate the apple, ginger and onion. You can cook Pork Shogayaki (Ginger Fried Pork) using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pork Shogayaki (Ginger Fried Pork)

1. It's 300 grams of Pork (Thinly sliced, about 5 mm).
2. You need 2 tbsp of White flour.
3. You need 1/6 of Cabbage.
4. Prepare 1/2 of Apple (or Apple juice, 200 ml).
5. Prepare 1/4 of Onion.
6. It's 50 ml of Soy sauce.
7. You need 50 ml of Sake.
8. Prepare 20 ml of Water.
9. You need 1 tbsp of Vegetable oil.
10. You need 1 of Ginger (2 x 2 cm piece).

Add soy sauce, sake and water. Spread out the pork loin and marinate in the sauce. Shoga (生姜) means ginger and yaki means grill or fry in Japanese. Thinly sliced pork is cooked with soy sauce, sake, and mirin along with ginger.

Pork Shogayaki (Ginger Fried Pork) step by step

1. Make sauce. Grate the apple, ginger and onion. Add soy sauce, sake and water..
2. Spread out the pork loin and marinate in the sauce. Rest for 10-15 minutes. While waiting, shred the cabbage into thin strips..
3. Separate the meat and the marinade..
4. Heat the oil in a pan and spread the pork out to fry. Sprinkle flour on the pork (optional)..
5. When the pork is almost cooked, add marinade and thicken it..
6. Serve on a plate with shredded cabbage..

Some includes garlic but it's optional. You can use other kinds of meat rather than pork, but in Japan Shogayaki refers to pork dish. Mix all sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside. Heat the oil in a frying pan over high heat and saute the pork slices on one side until each is a light brown color. The pork is marinated in a sweet ginger and soy sauce based sauce and fried on the stove.