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Japanese Ginger Pork

"This recipe is for a quick Japanese style pork saute. Great with rice and steamed veggies on the side. You can also double the recipe and use whole Pork Chops or chicken breasts for grilling!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Sake and pork share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 29 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a bowl, mix the grated ginger, soy sauce, sake and mirin. Add the thinly sliced pork and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 10 minutes.

  2. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering.

  3. Lift the pork from the marinade and let excess drip off, reserving the marinade. Add the pork to the skillet in a single layer, working in batches so it does not crowd.

  4. Cook 1 to 2 minutes per side until browned and cooked through to 145°F (63°C) in the thickest part. Transfer to a plate and rest for 3 minutes.

  5. Lower the heat to medium. Add the reserved marinade to the skillet and bring it to a boil for 1 minute, stirring, until slightly thickened. Spoon over the pork and serve.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Sake + porktop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  2. Ginger + saketop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together114 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Ginger + porktop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Ginger + saucetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,408 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sauce + porktop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together4,582 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs