Korean Garlic Soy Glazed Pork Belly in 10 Minutes
If you only have pork belly and garlic, you have to try this home style Korean Garlic Soy Glaze Pork Belly for dinner. Thinly sliced pork belly is pan-fried until golden, then tossed with soy glaze and whole garlic. Serve this with hot rice, some kimchi, and enjoy! The best part? This dinner dish takes only 10 minutes! Next time you’re in a pinch with limited ingredients, try this yummy pork belly dish!
Easy Korean Pan Fried Garlic Pork Belly
This super easy Pan Fried Garlic Soy Pork Belly, or ganjang samgyeopsal is crispy, savory, slightly sweet, and so easy to make. This home-style pork belly dish is a common dinner dish for Korean families. It’s simple, tasty, and fast. I love making extras for dinner, because they’re amazing for lunch boxes too!
The best part about this recipes is how few ingredients it needs for so much flavor. The crispy golden slices of pork belly are tossed with garlic, soy sauce, and mirin for the perfect glossy glaze. That’s it! There’s something about the simplicity of this dish that makes it so satisfying with minimal effort.
Ingredients
- 400g sliced pork belly
- Salt and black pepper, to season
- 8-10 cloves garlic, whole or lightly smashed
- 0.5 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp mirin
- Optional: green onion, sesame seeds, or kimchi for topping
Pork Belly
Pork Belly is one of those ingredients that is affordable, versatile, and loved by most people. Its layers of fat provides a delicious base of flavor and aroma, but with just enough meat to give it a yummy bite. Sliced and covered in delicious soy garlic glaze, it’s an easy dinner dish that everyone will enjoy.
The pork belly is marinated first with black pepper and salt for a base of savory flavor. Then, I pan fry it whole first. This is an important step to keep the slices juicy after cooks. Once it is golden brown, it’s cut into smaller pieces, then mixed in with the glaze and garlic. It’s super easy!
Garlic Soy Glaze
The pork belly is covered in a yummy glaze that has only 3 ingredients: whole garlic, soy sauce, and mirin. Keeping the garlic whole while cooking mellows out the garlic’s naturally sharp flavor. And, the garlic absorbs all the pork fat and glaze while cooking, turning into a nutty, sweet bite. It might be a little odd enjoying garlic whole as an ingredient, but trust me, it’s worth it. That garlic flavor melts into the glaze, and the mirin thick’s it as it cooks. The result is a savory, fragrant bite!
Instructions For Easy Pork Belly
- Season the pork belly with salt and black pepper on both sides.
- Pan-fry the pork belly in a dry pan over medium-high heat for about 2 minutes on each side, or until golden brown and slightly crispy. The pork belly will release its own oil, so no extra oil is needed.
- Once golden, cut the pork belly into bite-sized pieces and add it back into the pan.
- Add the whole garlic cloves and sauté for 1 minute, letting the garlic become fragrant and slightly golden.
- Drizzle in the soy sauce and mirin, then toss everything together for another 30 seconds to 1 minute, until the pork belly is glossy and coated in the sauce.
- Serve right away with hot rice, green onion, and sesame seeds. Now look at that!
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Korean Garlic Soy Glazed Pork Belly in 10 Minutes
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Equipment
Instructions
- Season the pork belly with salt and black pepper on both sides.
- Pan-fry the pork belly in a dry pan over medium-high heat for about 2 minutes on each side, or until golden brown and slightly crispy. The pork belly will release its own oil, so no extra oil is needed.
- Once golden, cut the pork belly into bite-sized pieces and add it back into the pan.
- Add the whole garlic cloves and sauté for 1 minute, letting the garlic become fragrant and slightly golden.
- Drizzle in the soy sauce and mirin, then toss everything together for another 30 seconds to 1 minute, until the pork belly is glossy and coated in the sauce.
- Serve right away with hot rice, green onion, and sesame seeds. Now look at that!
