Miso Braised Pork

  4.6 – 49 reviews  • Japanese

This cookie resembles a delicious cake. It is very delicious and not overly sweet.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 tablespoon canola oil
  2. 5 pounds pork butt (shoulder roast) cut into 2-inch slices
  3. 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  4. 1 teaspoon minced ginger
  5. 2 cups water, more if needed
  6. ⅓ cup soy sauce
  7. ⅓ cup brown sugar
  8. ¾ cup white (shiro) miso

Instructions

  1. Heat canola oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat until hot. Sear pork slices until well browned on both sides, then remove. Stir in the garlic and ginger, cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the water, soy sauce, brown sugar, and miso; bring to a simmer, scraping the bottom of the pan to dissolve the caramelized juices.
  2. Place pork into pot, add additional water if needed to cover pork with the sauce. Then, reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 3 hours until the pork is tender, and the sauce has thickened.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 520 kcal
Carbohydrate 12 g
Cholesterol 134 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 35 g
Saturated Fat 12 g
Sodium 1166 mg
Sugars 7 g
Fat 36 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Jacqueline Liu
I ALWAYS use the original recipe first. Good, but next time I will add onions and much more garlic. I also recommend using low salt soy sauce and add your own salt.
Ashley Higgins
Soooo good! First time I followed recipe and it came out unbelievably good. Meat just falls completely apart, that’s how tender it is. My chunk of meat had good amount of fat which I took off after cooking and will be using it as nice soup broth
James Clark
Soooo good! First time I followed recipe and it came out unbelievably good. Meat just falls completely apart, that’s how tender it is. My chunk of meat had good amount of fat which I took off after cooking and will be using it as nice soup broth
Brittany Lucero
Everyone in my family is a fan, including the under-5 crowd. I like adding a roughly chopped head of cabbage or two about half way through cooking.
Jennifer Johnson
Very good! Sautéed pork then aromatics in Instant Pot, added rest of ingredients, stirred to combine, added pork back, cooked 55
Cynthia Martinez
I made this in the Instant Pot and it turned out great. I used the sauté function the brown the meat in batches, then followed the rest of the steps. I set it to high pressure for 50 minutes with a quick release after about 5 minutes rest. The tenderness was perfect. Next time I’ll thicken then sauce a bit before serving, but otherwise it was perfect.
James Hubbard
Delicious! Recipe is a keeper. Will definitely make again.
Timothy Briggs
Great flavor and melts in your mouth!
Denise Lopez
i did it but i added alot of spice to the miso soup and it was soo good
Zachary Knight
Made this in a slow cooker. Will not add oil for slow cooker next time. Used “red” miso (more like dark brown) for no other reason than I had some already. However, it did add good color to this dish. Also added minced garlic and ginger an hour before it’s completed cook time to max out its flavor. Cooked for 6 hours. Took it to a potluck dinner and got LOTS of compliments and was completely gone in no time. Definitely my new go-to recipe for any occasion. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Travis Wallace
Fantastic! I followed the recipe exactly but used a slow cooker for 5 hours. Perfection! Delicious! Easy!
Bradley Crane
Sorry but I found this to be very bland. The flavor didn’t permeate the meat, which came out very dry, though tender to the point of falling apart.
Amanda Brandt
I had to use a different type of miso out of necessity and made it in a crock pot, but regardless it came out fantastic!!! New favorite!
Sherry Garrett
its great when i first made this I used brown rice miso and loved the taste with dark misos i’m making it today with miso masters barley miso
Jose Lynch
Perfect in the Instant Pot! (80 minutes at High pressure with Natural Release.) Instead of cutting in 2″ slices, I made full-thickness cuts with a long knife throughout the roast. Browned in toasted sesame oil, doubled the fresh ginger, added lemongrass and kaffir lime and 1/2 cup shao xing cooking wine, reduced water to 1/2 cup, and used low-sodium soy sauce. Served with rice and steamed Asian veggies the first night. 2nd night, shredded the leftover pork and tossed with leftover pan sauce and soba noodles, with Asian slaw on the side.
Jennifer Lopez
Delicious. Followed the recipe exactly and found that all of the flavors blended well – no one ingredient overpowering the others.
Rhonda Russell
this is v delicious. my family eat all the meat. yes, a bit salty..I cut down miso n soy sauce. but the sauce, omg.. I have to keep it. lazy day just cook noodles or rice, stir in the sauce, walah, another meal. ??
Jennifer Martinez
I made this with a little extra water after reading the other reviews and this was delicious! I will make it again for sure. Easy and yummy!
Catherine Jackson
This turned out quite well. I added an onion as others did and left the lid of the slow cooker open for about 1 1/2 hours to thicken up the sauce and give the pork crispy edges. Really good over rice!
Benjamin Arias
Made this for dinner last night and it was excellent! I used pork tenderloins instead of a roast. Cut them in half and seared the halves all over. Then continued with the recipe. Needed another cup of water to cover them. Only needed 2:15 hours to be ready. Sauce was excellent over sticky rice with book choy. Definitely a keeper!
Matthew Brown
Very good but a bit salty. Added extra garlic and ginger, plus zest and juice of one lime. Great over rice but you have to skim the fat then simmer a bit to reduce sauce (I had to add more liquid to cover 5 lbs of meat) . will make it again.

 

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