Ginger Pork (Shogayaki)

Shoga  means ginger and yaki means grill or fry in Japanese.  Thinly sliced pork is cooked with soy sauce, sake, and mirin along with ginger.  Some includes garlic but it’s optional.

Ginger Pork (Shogayaki)

Ingredients

• ½ lb thinly sliced pork loin (I use sukiyaki meat. See Notes)
• ¼ onion
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 inch ginger (about 1 tsp.)
• Kosher salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1 Tbsp neutral flavor oil (vegetable, canola, etc)
• 1 green onion/scallion (finely chopped)

Seasonings:

• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp mirin
• 2 Tbsp sake
• 1 tsp granulated sugar

Instructions

1. Gather all the ingredients.
2. In a small bowl, grate onion, garlic and ginger.
3. Add the seasonings. We like our ginger pork to be a little bit sweeter, so we add 1 tsp. sugar (this is optional).
4. Season the meat with salt and pepper.
5. In a large non-stick frying pan, heat oil on medium-high heat. Put the meat in a single layer (cook in batches). Flip the meat when the bottom side is golden brown. If the meat is very thin like mine, cook time is very short. Make sure you don’ overcook the pork or else it gets harder (but also be careful not to undercook).
6. When the meat is cooked through, add the seasonings and chopped scallion. Serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

Thinly sliced pork loin: If you can't find paper-thin meat, slice the meat on your own.

https://www.justonecookbook.com/ginger-pork-shogayaki/