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Spicy Pork Belly Noodles

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This bowl started the way a lot of my favorite meals do. Standing in the kitchen, fridge door open, just trying to make something comforting out of whatever was left. Pork belly, a few sad vegetables, noodles hiding in the back of the pantry. Nothing fancy, no big plan.

 

But once it was done, we knew this was one of those recipes you don’t forget. The pork belly turns tender, the broth gets rich and spicy without being heavy, and the noodles soak up everything you worked so patiently for. It’s the kind of dinner you start early, let simmer while life happens, and come back to when you’re starving and grateful.

  • Total Time: 1 hour 55 minutes
  • Yield: 3 bowls 1x

Ingredients

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For the pork belly:

  • 300 g pork belly, slab or thick slices
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 tbsp avocado oil

For the broth:

  • 1 medium onion, halved
  • 4 garlic cloves, smashed
  • 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, sliced
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp mirin
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp gochujang
  • 1 tsp avocado oil, or olive oil
  • 200 ml chicken stock, or water plus stock cube
  • 800 ml boiling water

For the noodles and toppings:

  • 270 g soba noodles, or ramen
  • 2 soft-boiled eggs
  • 1 scallion, greens sliced
  • 100 g enoki mushrooms
  • 2 bok choy leaves, blanched
  • Chili oil
  • Black sesame seeds
  • White sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. Pat pork belly dry and season generously with salt and pepper. Heat avocado oil in a pot over medium-high heat and sear pork belly until deeply browned on both sides. Remove and set aside.
  2. In the same pot, keeping the pork fat, add onion, garlic, and ginger. Sauté for 2 to 3 minutes until fragrant.
  3. Add soy sauce, dark soy sauce, gochujang, mirin, and rice vinegar. Pour in chicken stock and boiling water.
  4. Return pork belly to the pot. Lower heat and simmer gently for about 80 minutes, stirring every 20 minutes.
  5. Cook noodles directly in the broth according to package instructions. Soft-boil the eggs for about 6 minutes in the broth as well.
  6. Add mushrooms in the last 5 minutes and bok choy in the last 2 minutes.
  7. Remove pork belly, slice into thick pieces, then return it to the broth.
  8. Divide noodles into bowls. Add pork belly, eggs, vegetables, scallion greens, chili oil, and sesame seeds.
  • Author: Dishcovery
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Find it online: https://dishcoveryblog.com/spicy-pork-belly-noodles/