Location: My tiny kitchen

As ts mentioned in her blog, Eating Club Vancouver, the three of us couldn’t help recreating the pork dish that we enjoyed together for dim sum.

Pork jowl is an interesting piece of meat. It is tender and yet full of texture. When uncooked, you can see a good amount of fat evenly distributed all over the meat. During cooking, the fat melts and keeps the pork moist. The fat also gives the meat a lot of flavour.

I used a Korean BBQ sauce in this recipe. This sauce tastes sweet and it goes really well with the fattiness of the pork.

Ingredients

- 2 pieces of pork jowl
- 3/4 cup of Korean BBQ sauce
- 6 cloves of minced garlic (yes, the pork will taste very garlicky!)
- salt and pepper

Steps

1. Rub 1 tbsp of salt, minced garlic and freshly ground pepper on both sides of the pork
2. Pour the BBQ sauce over the pork, making sure the sauce covers both sides. Marinate the pork in the fridge for 24 hours.
3. Turn oven on to 350F.
4. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a stainless steel skillet. Sear both sides of pork until brown, which takes about 2 minutes for each side.
5. Put the pork in the oven and roast for 20 minutes.
6. Let pork cool for 20 minutes. Slice and serve.