Japanese Braised Pork - Cook with Cooper

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups dashi
• 1/4 cup sake
• 45 ml mirin
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 dried red chili pepper (optional)
• 1 lb pork belly
• 9-10 pieces thinly sliced ginger (unpeeled; slice a 5 cm knob)
• 4 green onions (1 thinly sliced, 3 chopped into 2" pieces)
• shichimi togarashi (optional, to serve with)
• roasted white / black sesame seeds (optional, to serve with)