Dinner · 25 min · Amounts not specified
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Belly would be right; a fatty pork slice is Tuesday. Lettuce wraps, raw garlic, a smear of gochujang, sesame. Don't make a stir-fry. The wrap is the bite.
The sheet · 4 plates · 25 min
easyWhy tonight. Belly would be right; a fatty pork slice is Tuesday. Lettuce wraps, raw garlic, a smear of gochujang, sesame. Don't make a stir-fry. The wrap is the bite.
What it needs
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- pork
- lettuce
- garlic
- gochujang
- sesame oil
Method
- Thick-cut pork belly, cooked slowly so the fat renders before the outside burns.
- No marinade at all. The meat is plain and everything happens in the wrap.
- Cut it with scissors in the pan once it is nearly done, which is how it is actually eaten.
- Lettuce, garlic, sauce and meat assembled by each person and eaten in one bite.
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What the method is trying to make happen
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Published minimums for what is in this
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- Produce prepHow To Mince GarlicAmerica's Test KitchenSmashing and mincing a clove down to something that cooks evenly instead of burning in pieces.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Salt and seasoning3 Salting Methods for Better-Tasting Meats | Techniquely With Lan LamAmerica's Test KitchenThree salting timings on the same cut, and what the wait actually does to the texture.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Produce prepThe Best Way to Mince Garlic | Serious Eats At HomeSerious EatsCompares the knife methods for garlic, including when to take it all the way to paste.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- pork
- The forgiving meat. Shoulder takes hours and rewards them, chops take minutes and punish you for one too many, and the fat is the flavor in both cases.
- lettuce
- Structure and water, and it is worth being fussy about.
- garlic
- Burns in seconds and turns the whole dish bitter, so it almost never goes in first.
- gochujang
- Fermented chili paste with real sweetness and salt behind the heat, so it seasons three ways at once.
- sesame oil
- A seasoning, not a cooking oil.
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Cooks from the same box
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Salt the cucumber first. Heat and sesame, not a pickle jar.
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Pork lettuce wraps
Loose ground pork, lettuce cups. Lime at the table.
Shares pork, gochujang, garlic
Spicy pork rice bowl
Gochujang on leftover pork. A fried egg if the pan is already hot.
Shares sesame oil, garlic
Sesame smashed cucumber
Smash rather than slice, so the ragged surfaces hold the dressing. Salt and drain first or it waters itself down.
Next
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