Chasu Pork Belly and Marinated Soft Boiled Egg (Ajitsuke tamago)

14 June 2012 - Chasu and ajitsuke tamago

I \(^o^)/ ate them with a smile on my face...

The recipe for Ajitsuke tamago and Chasu Pork Belly are from Serious Eat

For the soft boiled egg you need soft boiled egg and a mixture of marinade. The marinade is made from water : sake : soy sauce : mirin : sugar = 2:2:1:1:1 by volume. Or usually I just use water, mirin, and soy sauce ;)

For the Chasu pork belly you need:
    900 g slab of boneless pork belly, skin-on
    1/2 cup soy sauce
    1 cup sake
    1 cup mirin
    1/2 cup sugar
    6 scallions, roughly chopped
    6 whole garlic cloves
    One 2-inch knob ginger, roughly sliced
    1 whole shallot, split in half (skin on)

Then the pork belly is rolled lengthwise with skin facing out, securely twined and simmered with other ingredients for 3 to 4 hours. Refrigerated and sliced into thin round.

Noodles with the Chasu, Ajitsuke tamago, Shiitake, and others vegetables.