Rice Cooker Braised Pork Belly and Daikon

This comforting weeknight meal requires just a few ingredients and can be made entirely in your rice cooker. Minimal effort 🤝 maximum flavor.

Ingredients

• 1 scallion
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 4 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon of mirin
• 1 teaspoon of dashi powder
• 0.5 pound of pork belly
• 1 piece ginger

  about 1 inch piece, sliced
• 0.5 daikon

  cut into 1/2 inch quarter round pieces

Instructions

1. 1

   Prep by cutting daikon into 1/2 inch quarter round pieces and slicing the ginger.

2. 2

   Add daikon, ginger, pork belly, shoyu, sugar, mirin, and dashi powder to rice cooker bowl.

3. 3

   Pour over about 1/2 cup of water.

4. 4

   Close and cook on mixed or regular setting until the cycle is complete.

5. 5

   Once it’s done, open and mix with a wooden spoon to break up larger pieces of daikon.

6. 6

   Plate and garnish with finely scallion and shichimi togarashi.