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Gochujang Braised Pork Belly with Pumpkin & Lime Puree

Name: Gochujang Braised Pork Belly with Pumpkin & Lime Puree
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 850g pork belly; 4 shiitake mushrooms, sliced; 2cm piece ginger, sliced; 2 tbsp sugar; 2 tbsp white vinegar; 1 tbsp red Szechuan peppercorns; 2 tbsp gochujang; 1/3 cup soy sauce; 400g peeled pumpkin, roughly chopped; 100g unsalted butter; salt, to taste; 1 cup water; 1 lime, juiced; 5 large shiitake mushrooms; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tbsp green Szechuan peppercorns; 2cm piece ginger, thinly julienned; 90g white vinegar; 30g water; 30g soy sauce; 30g sugar; 1 tbsp lime zest; 2 tbsp pumpkin seed; 1 tbsp green Szechuan peppercorns; ½ tsp Thai chilli powder; 1 tsp fine salt; 4 tbsp grapeseed oil; Thai basil leaves

Casper Kenworthy

Contestant · 12 Jul 2026

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Ingredients

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Ingredients

Gochujang Braised Pork Belly

850gpork belly

4shiitake mushrooms, sliced

2cm pieceginger, sliced

2 tbspsugar

2 tbspwhite vinegar

1 tbspred Szechuan peppercorns

2 tbspgochujang

1/3 cupsoy sauce

Pumpkin and Lime Puree

400gpeeled pumpkin, roughly chopped

100gunsalted butter

salt, to taste

1 cupwater

1lime, juiced

Soy Pickled Shiitake

5 largeshiitake mushrooms

1 tbspvegetable oil

1 tbspgreen Szechuan peppercorns

2cm pieceginger, thinly julienned

90gwhite vinegar

30gwater

30gsoy sauce

30gsugar

Lime & Pumpkin Seed Chilli Salt

1 tbsplime zest

2 tbsppumpkin seed

1 tbspgreen Szechuan peppercorns

½ tspThai chilli powder

1 tspfine salt

Garnish

4 tbspgrapeseed oil

Thai basil leaves

Method

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Recipe by Casper Kenworthy, Season 18. Originally published by Network 10 on 12 Jul 2026.

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