# Kakuni

Learn how to make Kakuni, an authentic Japanese braised pork belly dish, perfect for a delicious, melt-in-your-mouth main dish.

- Cuisine: Japanese
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- ginger
- scallions
- pork belly
- water
- dashi
- sake
- sugar
- soy sauce
- boiled eggs
- snap peas

## Instructions

1. Cut the ginger into slices.
2. Cut the scallions into large pieces.
3. Score the skin of the pork belly.
4. Cut the pork belly into smaller, uniform pieces.
5. Add a small amount of oil to a pan.
6. Sear the pork belly pieces in the pan until golden brown on all sides.
7. Pour water into the pan with the seared pork belly.
8. Add the sliced ginger and cut scallions to the pan.
9. Cover the pork belly and aromatics with a steamer lid.
10. Boil eggs in a separate pot of water.
11. Transfer the boiled eggs to an ice bath.
12. Peel the cooled boiled eggs.
13. Remove the stringy ends from the snap peas.
14. Blanch the snap peas in boiling water.
15. Slice the white part of a leek very thinly.
16. Remove the cooked pork belly from the pot and place it on a tray.
17. Cut the pork belly into smaller, serving-sized pieces.
18. Return the cut pork belly pieces to the pot.
19. Add dashi to the pot.
20. Add sake to the pot.
21. Add sugar to the pot.
22. Add fresh ginger slices to the pot.
23. Add dried red chilies to the pot.
24. Cover the pot with a steamer lid to simmer.
25. Add soy sauce to the pot.
26. Add the peeled boiled eggs to the pot.
27. Remove the ginger slices from the pot.
28. Plate the braised pork belly.
29. Slice the boiled eggs in half.
30. Arrange the sliced boiled eggs and blanched snap peas on the plate with the pork belly.
31. Garnish with finely sliced leeks.
32. Pour the braising liquid over the kakuni before serving.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- pan
- tongs
- pot
- steamer lid
- bowl

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DE56BhBTYHY/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5969ab0e-1c48-43a9-bb03-5b2db74402d9
- Extracted: 2025-10-20

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