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Tonjiru recipe
Pork and root vegetables in cloudy miso.
Ingredients
- 250 g pork belly, thin sliced
- 300 g daikon
- 1 carrot
- 1 burdock root
- 1200 ml dashi stock
- 4 tbsp miso paste
- 2 spring onions
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
How to make Tonjiru
- Fry the pork in sesame oil until it colours, then add the sliced daikon, carrot and burdock.
- Pour in the dashi and simmer until the roots are tender, about twenty minutes.
- Turn the heat low. Loosen the miso with a ladle of broth, then stir it back in, never let it boil after this.
- Finish with spring onion. Serve with rice on the side.
What is Tonjiru?
Tonjiru is a traditional dish from Japan, simmered in one pot, and takes about 40 minutes from start to finish. It is built around dashi stock, daikon and pork belly, thin sliced. The recipe below uses 8 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Tonjiru take?
At 40 minutes it is quicker than 71% of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 3 dishes built on dashi stock. The method runs to 4 steps.
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