Bossam

Name: Bossam
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Korea
Ingredients: 800 g pork belly; 2 tbsp doenjang; 1 tbsp instant coffee; 1 large onion; 10 cloves garlic; 30 g ginger; 20 pieces lettuce leaves; 200 g kimchi; 3 tbsp ssamjang; 2 tbsp salted shrimp

Tender boiled pork belly wrapped in crisp lettuce leaves with kimchi, raw garlic, and ssamjang.

prep 10 min
cook 105 min
total 115 min
serves 6
intermediate
Korea

Ingredients

800 g pork belly
2 tbsp doenjang
1 tbsp instant coffee
1 large onion
10 cloves garlic
30 g ginger
20 pieces lettuce leaves
200 g kimchi
3 tbsp ssamjang
2 tbsp salted shrimp

Steps

Boil the pork belly whole in water with onion, ginger, 5 cloves garlic, doenjang, and instant coffee (for color and depth) for 90 minutes at a gentle simmer until tender but still holds shape.
Rest the pork in the cooking liquid 15 minutes.
Slice into 5mm thick pieces against the grain while still warm.
Arrange the sliced pork on a plate surrounded by lettuce leaves, kimchi, raw garlic slices, salted shrimp, and ssamjang.
To eat: place a pork slice on a lettuce leaf, add kimchi, garlic, a dab of ssamjang, wrap, and eat in one bite.

≈ 420 kcal · 28 g protein · 5 g carbs · 32 g fat — per serving, estimate