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Tender, flavorful and loaded with fragrant ginger, this 4 ingredient Japanese ginger pork is easy and delicious!
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Japanese Ginger Pork (Shogayaki)

A fragrant ginger and soy sauce marinade turns an inexpensive cut of pork into something tender and delicious in this Japanese style Ginger Pork, or Shogayaki.
Course Entree
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword easy, ginger, home cooking, meal plan, shogayaki
Level Beginner
Main Ingredient Pork
Diet Dairy-Free
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
marinate 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 317kcal

Ingredients

  • 430 grams pork (thinly sliced)
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons sake
  • 1 ½ tablespoons ginger juice
  • 1 tablespoon evaporated cane sugar
  • vegetable oil
Grams + US Cups - US Standard

Instructions

  • Use a sharp knife to slice the 430 grams pork into even slices. Ideally, you want to get it down to about ⅛-inch. If you have trouble doing this, you can partially freeze it, which will make it much easier to slice thinly.
    430 grams pork
    Slicing pork shoulder thinly for making Japanese Ginger Pork.
  • Whisk the soy 3 tablespoons soy sauce, 3 tablespoons sake, 1 ½ tablespoons ginger juice, and 1 tablespoon evaporated cane sugar in a bowl until the sugar is fully dissolved.
    3 tablespoons soy sauce, 3 tablespoons sake, 1 ½ tablespoons ginger juice, 1 tablespoon evaporated cane sugar
    Japanese Ginger Pork marinade being stirred
  • Add the sliced pork to the marinade and mix it well so that the marinade is coating each slice. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour (preferably overnight).
    Marinating thin slices of pork shoulder in a shogayaki sauce to make ginger pork.
  • When you're ready to fry the ginger pork, heat a frying pan over medium-high heat until hot. Add a bit of vegetable oil to the pan and then lay the marinated pork in a single layer.
    vegetable oil
    Pan-frying Ginger Pork (Shogayaki)
  • Fry the pork until browned on one side, and then flip and brown the other side. If it's not as caramelized as you'd like it to be, keep flipping the pork over a few times until you get a nice golden crust on both sides.
    Ginger Pork with a caramelized crust forming on the outside.

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Nutrition

Calories: 317kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 815mg | Potassium: 341mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 8IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg