A dish of cubed meat (often pork belly) simmered in a sweet-salty sauce (soy sauce, sugar, sake), commonly called pork kakuni.
昨夜、母が豚の角煮を作ってくれた。
My mother made braised pork (kakuni) for me last night.
居酒屋の人気メニューは角煮とビールだ。
The izakaya's popular menu items are kakuni and beer.
ご飯に角煮をのせて食べるのが好きだ。
I like to put kakuni on rice and eat it.