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BRAISED PORK WITH GRILLED BEAN CURD ("YAKI-DOFU")
(Japanese)

INGREDIENTS (4 servings):
200 g pork (leg portion, sliced), 1 grilled bean curd ("yaki-dofu"), 2/3 blocks of translucent, gelatinous devil's-tongue starch ("konnyaku"), salad oil, 1 1/2 cup fish, kelp-flavored stock ("nidashijiru"),
1 tablespoon sweetened cooking "sake" ("mirin"), 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoons "sake" (Japanese rice wine), 1 tablespoon light color soy sauce ("usukuchi-shoyu"), 3 tablespoons "Shinsyu-miso" (bean paste)
HOW TO COOK:
- Cut pork into 4 cm-long strips.
- Make shallow cuts on surface of "konnyaku"; cut into 3 cm cubes and boil.
- Cut bean curd into 3 to 4 cm cubes.
- Heat salad oil thoroughly in pan and stir-fry pork until color changes. Add "konnyaku" and stir-fry further.
- Add stock and cover. When boiled, add bean curd.
- Add sweetened cooking "sake," sugar, "sake" and soy sauce to (5) and dissolve "miso" in mixture. Braise until flavored.
* Serve with Japanese mustard mixed with water, if desired.
Nutritional value
calories: 233 kcal, protein: 17.7 g, fat: 12.6 g, carbohydrate: 9.2 g, fiber: 0.4 g, calcium: 128 mg, iron: 2.4 mg, sodium: 972 mg, potassium: 267 mg, vitamin A: 0 IU, vitamin B1: 0.65 mg, vitamin B2: 0.17 mg, vitamin C: 1 mg, salt: 2.4 g
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