Buta Don is a quick and delicious Japanese dish consisting of rice, topped with pork, and glazed with a savoury sauce. Buta means “Pork” and Don means “Bowl”.
Wash the lettuce thoroughly and tear into small pieces. Set aside.
Combine soy sauce and miso paste and set aside.
Slice the pork fillet into about 1cm thick slices, making sure to season with salt and pepper.
Heat 2 tsp olive oil in a frying pan over med-high heat.
Place the pork fillet in the heated frying pan. Cook about and half minutes one side then flip over the pork fillets and cook further one and half minutes.
Turn the heat off, and transfer the pork fillet from the frying pan to a plate.
Cover the plate with aluminium foil to rest.
Put the frying pan back on medium heat. Add the sliced garlic and cook for 1- 2 minutes until the garlic become golden brown and crunchy.
Add 20 g butter and the combined soy sauce and miso to the pan bring to bubble.
Serve rice in a donburi bowl, scattering the lettuce, and placing the cooked pork fillets on top.
Drizzle the garlic soy sauce butter over the pork and rice.
Garnish with chopped green shallots or chives.
Notes
cooking steamed rice is not included in the cooking timeAny cut of pork can be used.*1 any type of miso-red, white and mix.