Main dishes

Boiled pork wraps

Boil whole pork belly in water with soybean paste and spices and cut into thin slices.

Prep
15 min
Cook
65 min
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Thinly sliced boiled whole pork belly, lettuce, and salted shrimp

Scale the recipe

Base quantities · 4 servings · Whole pork belly for boiling (Weight of raw meat prepared) 800 g

Ingredients

Whole pork belly for boiling Weight of raw meat prepared
800 g
water
12 C
onion
180 g
Large green onion (daepa)
50 g
whole garlic
6 cloves
lettuce
180 g
sliced fresh ginger
10 g

Seasonings

Korean fermented soybean paste (doenjang)
2 T
salted shrimp
1 T

Level measures: 1 T (tablespoon) = 15 mL, 1 C (paper cup) = 180 mL. Household spoons and cups can vary in size.

Method

  1. Add the aromatics to the water

    Add roughly cut onion 180 g, scallion 50 g, whole garlic cloves 6 cloves and sliced ginger 10 g to the water 12 C.

    Onion, scallion, whole garlic cloves and ginger slices in a pot of clear water
  2. Dissolve the soybean paste and boil the broth

    Dissolve the soybean paste 2 T in the water with the aromatics and bring it to a boil.

    A pot with onions, green onions, and garlic mixed in soybean paste water.
  3. Boil pork belly

    Add the pork belly 800 g and once it boils again, reduce the heat to medium and cook for 45 to 60 minutes. Make sure the chopsticks go in smoothly and the center stays above 75℃ for 1 minute.

    Whole pork belly cooked in soybean paste broth
  4. Rest the pork

    Lift the pork out with tongs and let it rest for 5 minutes on a clean board.

    Whole cooked pork belly resting on a cutting board
  5. Wash and drain the lettuce

    While the pork rests, wash the lettuce and let it drain.

    Fresh lettuce leaves draining in a clean steel colander
  6. Slice and serve

    Slice the pork across the grain about 5 mm thick. Serve with drained lettuce 180 g and salted fermented shrimp 1 T.

    Sliced pork and lettuce on a plate