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    Home » Dinner » Pork Belly Bibimbap (& frustration)

    January 10, 2018 · Updated March 13, 2023

    Pork Belly Bibimbap (& frustration)

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    · by Amanda Gajdosik

    Things haven’t been going right this week.

    Pork Belly Bibimbap

    Four recipes have flopped. Photos haven’t been great. Posts haven’t gone up.

    Now’s the time where I can either focus on those missteps, those mess-ups and throw in the towel. Or, I can focus on what has gone right. I can go to bed before 9pm, take Edgar for a nice long walk, and eat another bowl of bibimbap.

    Pork Belly Bibimbap

    Because this turned out. Beautifully. Deliciously.

    This was the first time I ever cured and roasted a pork belly, the first time I ever attempted bibimbap. I sent many texts to my former coworker, Kris, who is a master at pork belly (among other things), pleading and pestering. For months I watched him cure and roast pork belly (and smoke chicken wings and braise chicken thighs and cook perfect grits) but never paid enough attention to the exact process. I was busy baking burger buns.

    Pork Belly Bibimbap

    Turns out, it’s way easier than I thought! All it takes is a little bit of time and a willingness to have 5 pounds of perfectly cooked and undeniably juicy pork belly on hand.

    Pork Belly Bibimbap

    Pork Belly Bibimbap

    Roasted Pork Belly, recipe follows

    Crispy Sesame Rice, recipe

    Garlic Spinach, recipe follows

    Ginger Carrots, recipe follows

    Sliced Radishes

    Sliced seedless Cucumbers

    Kimchi

    Fried eggs

    Chogochujang, recipe follows

    For the Pork Belly:

    Brown Sugar

    Kosher Salt

    5 pound whole pork belly

    24 – 36 hours ahead of time, coat the pork in the 60/40 sugar/salt rub (I used 60 grams of brown sugar and 40 grams of kosher salt for mine). Any form of sugar can be used – brown, cane, coarse, even honey. The ratio should always be 60/40.

    Rub the mixture into the pork and place on a wire rack over a large baking tray. Wrap in plastic wrap and place in fridge for 24 – 36 hours.

    When ready to roast, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Unwrap pork and place in preheated oven for 1- 1 and ½ hours, or until top is caramelized. Reduce oven to 300 and continue cooking until thermometer inserted into thickest part of pork belly reads 190 degrees, about another hour to ninety minutes.

    Remove from oven and prepare remaining ingredients while pork rests.

    For the Crispy Sesame Rice (adapted from Bon Appetit):

    Sesame Oil

    Cooked white rice

    In a medium skillet, heat sesame oil over medium-high heat. Add cooked rice in an even layer, pressing down with a rubber spatula. Cook until bottom layer is golden and crispy. Remove to large bowl.

    For the Garlic Spinach:

    4 oz. fresh spinach

    1 clove garlic, minced

    In a medium skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add spinach and garlic and cook until spinach is wilted and garlic is fragrant.

    For the Ginger Carrots:

    Carrot matchsticks

    Fresh, grated ginger

    Using the same skillet, add the carrots and ginger and cook until fragrant.

    Chogochujang:

    4 tablespoon Gochujang (Korean spicy red pepper paste)

    2 tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar

    2 tsp. honey

    1 tsp. toasted sesame seeds

    Whisk together all ingredients in small bowl.

    To assemble bibimbap:

    On top of crispy rice add the prepared veggies, fresh sliced vegetables, kimchi, and pork belly in even sections. Top with a fried egg, prepared chogochujang, and toasted sesame seeds, if desired. Serve immediately.

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    1. mamabatesmotel says

      January 12, 2018 at 12:39 am

      Reblogged this on mamabatesmotel.

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    2. chefkreso says

      January 16, 2018 at 10:43 pm

      Delicious, all of those flavors make for a perfect bibimbap!!

      Reply
      • Amanda says

        January 18, 2018 at 10:46 pm

        Couldn't agree more!

        Reply

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