Side Dishes

Spicy Pork Belly & Eggplant Stir-Fry

Name: Spicy Pork Belly & Eggplant Stir-Fry
Prep time: 130 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 145 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 100 g Pork belly; 5 g Ginger; 10 g Cheongju (rice wine); 50 g Eggplant; 20 g Onion; 20 g Carrot; 10 g Perilla leaves; 20 g Oyster mushrooms; 10 g Green onion; 5 g Cooking oil; 5 g Sesame oil; 10 g Pine nuts; 5 g Sesame seeds; 20 g Gochugaru (Korean chili flakes); 20 g Minced garlic; 30 g Low-sodium soy sauce; 20 g Oligosaccharide syrup; 0.1 g Ground black pepper; 10 g Sugar

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Ginger-marinated pork belly stir-fried with eggplant, oyster mushrooms and vegetables in a spicy chili-garlic sauce, finished with pine nuts. A sauce of gochugaru and seasonings replaces gochujang to reduce sodium.

🇰🇷 A twist on Jeyuk-bokkeum — see the classic spicy stir-fried pork recipe →

📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

Marinate the sliced pork belly in ginger juice and rice wine for about 2 hours.

Spicy Pork Belly & Eggplant Stir-Fry — step 1

Choose an eggplant with few seeds, halve it lengthwise and slice diagonally.

Spicy Pork Belly & Eggplant Stir-Fry — step 2

Julienne the onion and perilla leaves, cut the carrot into rectangles, slice the green onion and tear the mushrooms by hand.

Spicy Pork Belly & Eggplant Stir-Fry — step 3

Mix the gochugaru, garlic, soy sauce, syrup, pepper and sugar to make the sauce.

Spicy Pork Belly & Eggplant Stir-Fry — step 4

Toss the marinated pork with the sauce.

Spicy Pork Belly & Eggplant Stir-Fry — step 5

Stir-fry the pork in a lightly oiled pan. When half cooked, add the eggplant and vegetables and stir-fry. Add the sesame oil and pine nuts at the end, toss once more and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Spicy Pork Belly & Eggplant Stir-Fry — step 6

📊 Nutrition Facts (per serving)

542.4Calories (kcal)

15.9 gCarbs

19.5 gProtein

44.5 gFat

398.8 mgSodium

Nutrition values are taken from the original recipe data and are approximate.

Source: adapted from the recipe database of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (Food Safety Korea), used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL) Type 1. English translation and editing by coo K food.