Dinner for 2

Pressure Cooker Ginger Pork

Name: Pressure Cooker Ginger Pork
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 lb pork shoulder; 1 onion; 1 tbsp peanut oil; 3/4 head romaine lettuce; optional garnishment: green onions; kosher salt & ground black pepper to taste (optional); 1 1/2 tbsp ginger root; 1 clove garlic; 1 tbsp japanese soy sauce; 1/2 tbsp white miso paste or 1 additional tablespoon soy sauce (optional); 2 tbsp japanese cooking sake; 2 tbsp mirin; 1/4 cup water; 1 cup medium grain calrose rice; 1 cup cold water

Tender ginger pork cooks under pressure with onions and savory sauce, while rice and romaine complete the meal.

$2.81per serving $$

55 minstart to table

2servings

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Ingredients

1 lb pork shoulder
1 onion
1 tbsp peanut oil
3/4 head romaine lettuce
optional garnishment: green onions
kosher salt & ground black pepper to taste (optional)
1 1/2 tbsp ginger root
1 clove garlic
1 tbsp japanese soy sauce
1/2 tbsp white miso paste or 1 additional tablespoon soy sauce (optional)
2 tbsp japanese cooking sake
2 tbsp mirin
1/4 cup water
1 cup medium grain calrose rice
1 cup cold water

Steps

Combine the rice and 1 cup cold water in a medium saucepan, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
Cut the pork shoulder into 1-inch pieces, then season with salt and pepper if using.
Set a pressure cooker to sauté, heat the peanut oil, and cook the pork and onion for 5 minutes.
Add the ginger, garlic, soy sauce, miso if using, sake, mirin, and 1/4 cup water.
Seal the cooker and cook at high pressure for 20 minutes, then release pressure naturally for 10 minutes.
Cook pork until it reaches 145 F inside, then rest it 3 minutes.
Fluff the rice, toss the romaine with the hot pork and sauce, and serve with the rice.

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