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{{Short description|Okinawan stewed pork spare ribs}}
{{about|the Japanese dish|the main character of Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams|Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams#Characters|the Balinese artist|I Ketut Soki|the daimyō|Yūki Hideyasu}}
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'''Soki''' ({{langx|ryu|ソーキ}} ''sooki'') is a specialty of the cuisine of [[Okinawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. Soki are (usually boneless) stewed [[pork]] [[spare ribs]], with the [[cartilage]] still attached.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-19|title=Simmer Your Pork Belly in Smoky Raw Sugar and Okinawan Shochu|url=https://www.saveur.com/story/food/rafute-braised-pork-belly-okinawan/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Saveur|language=en-US}}</ref> They are often served with [[Okinawa soba]] (called ''suba'').<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-01|title=Story behind Okinawa's one-of-a-kind soba|url=https://okinawa.stripes.com/food-drink/story-behind-okinawas-one-kind-soba|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Stripes Okinawa|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-05|title=An Okinawa Childhood Spent With a Snorkel and Bowls of Soba|url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/okinawa-soba|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Bon Appétit|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Dishes==

===Soki soba===
[[Okinawa soba]] with stewed soki on top. The soki are prepared by first boiling to remove excess fat, then stewing in a mixture of [[awamori]] (to soften the meat), [[soy sauce]], and [[sugar]] for three to four hours. They are then placed in a bowl of Okinawa soba.

===Soki jiru===
Soup containing soki, [[konbu]] (edible seaweed), and [[daikon]] (Japanese radish), with [[salt]] and [[soy sauce]] for [[flavoring]]. The soki are first boiled to remove excess fat and drippings, then stewed in the soup until tender.

In mainland [[Japan]], konbu is usually used just for flavoring and then discarded{{dubious|date=July 2013}}, but a distinctive feature of Okinawan soups is that the konbu is left in.

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