Pork Shabu-shabu Salad
Paper-thin pork slices are cooked just like Shabu-shabu Hotpot and quickly cooled down. The mound of chilled Pork Shabu-shabu on plenty of lettuce leaves is quite a healthy salad. It can be a main dish as well. The sesame soy dressing is perfect for it.Total Time does not include time to chill the cooked pork in the freezer (about 15 minutes).Don't forget to see the section 'MEAL IDEAS' below the recipe card! It gives you a list of dishes that I have already posted and this recipe that can make up a complete meal. I hope it is of help to you.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 100g/3.5oz thinly sliced pork ((1-2mm/1/16” thick, note 1))
- 2 cups shredded lettuce
- 50g/1.8oz cucumber (, thinly sliced)
- 20g/0.7oz red onion (, thinly sliced)
- ½ tomato cut to 6 wedges
- ½ tbsp grated roasted white sesame seeds
- 1⅓ tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp mirin
- ¼ tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp grated apple
- ½ tsp grated ginger
- 500ml/1.1pt water
- 1 tbsp sake ((cooking rice wine))
- ½ tsp salt
- A bowl of ice water ((optional, if you are in a hurry))
- 1 tbsp finely chopped shallots/scallions
Instructions
- 1
Add all the Sesame Soy Dressing ingredients to a jar, place a lid on and shake well until the sugar dissolves.
- 2
Bring 500ml water with ½ teaspoon salt in a pot to a boil, add sake to the water, then reduce the heat to low so that the water is gently simmering.
- 3
Pick up a pork slice, lower it into the simmering water and jiggle for 5 seconds or so until the pork slice becomes whitish and there are no patches of pink flesh (note 3).
- 4
Transfer the pork to the ice water to cool down (optional, if you are in a hurry). Then transfer to a plate.
- 5
Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the rest of the pork slices (note 4).
- 6
Spread the lettuce on a serving plate, then spread the cucumber slices and onion slices on top (note 5).
- 7
Place the tomato wedges around the lettuce.
- 8
Drain the pork slices well (if the bottom of them is wet) and place them on top of the salad, topped with chopped shallots/scallions.
- 9
Serve with the Sesame Soy Dressing.