Bo-ssam 보쌈 Recipe
melt-in-your-mouth pork belly simmered in spices served with radish kimchi, ssamjang, fermented shrimp, jalapeños, garlic and lettuce to assemble your own wrap
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Ingredients
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Pork Belly and Marinade
Method
Cooking the Pork Belly
- 1
Prepare the marinade
In a large pot, combine water, soy sauce, sugar, crushed garlic, ginger slices, black peppercorns, star anise, and chopped green onions. Bring the mixture to a boil.
- 2
Simmer the pork belly
Add the pork belly to the boiling marinade. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and let it simmer for 1.5 to 2 hours, or until the pork is tender.
- 3
Cool and slice
Once cooked, remove the pork belly from the pot and let it cool slightly. Slice into thin pieces.
