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Five Spice Crispy Pork Belly
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Five Spice Crispy Pork Belly

16 hServes 6Nutri-Score D€€
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what you need

Ingredients

6 people
  • pork belly (skin on, scored)Meat1.5 kg
  • Shaoxing winePantry15 ml
  • Chinese five spiceSpices1 g
  • garlic powderSpices1 g
  • fine sea saltPantry10 g
  • caster sugarPantry4 g
  • ground white pepperSpices1 g
  • olive oil (for drizzling)Pantry15 ml
  • sea salt (extra, for the skin)Pantry15 g
  • water (for the roasting tray)Other250 ml
  • steamed rice (cooked, to serve)Grains600 g
  • Asian greens (steamed, to serve)Produce400 g
  • black vinegar (for the dipping sauce)Pantry60 ml
  • soy sauce (for the dipping sauce)Pantry60 ml

per serving

Nutrition

870kcal

Carbs
10 g
Proteins
28 g
Fat
80 g
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what you’ll use

Tools

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Baking tray
  • Cooling rack
  • Oven

step by step

Method

  1. Parboil the pork

    • Bring a wide saucepan of water to a boil, add the pork skin side down and cook for 1 minute until the skin changes colour.
    • Turn the pork over and cook for a further 30 seconds, then transfer to a bowl of iced water and scrape off any debris with a sharp knife.
    • Pat the pork dry, place skin side up on a wire rack over a tray.
    Step 1
  2. Score and marinate the pork

    • Pierce the skin all over with a toothpick, sprinkle over some of the sea salt and rub it into the skin.
    • Turn the pork over, score the flesh in deep crossways and vertical cuts to make squares, then sprinkle the Shaoxing wine over the flesh.
    • Combine the five spice, garlic powder, salt, sugar and white pepper, rub into the meat and down into the slits, wipe the skin clean and refrigerate overnight to dry out.
    Step 2
  3. Roast the pork

    • Preheat the oven to 190 °C fan forced, rub the skin with a drizzle of oil and an even layer of extra sea salt.
    • Add the water to the bottom of the tray, place in the oven and reduce the temperature to 170 °C, cook for 1 hour.
    • Increase the oven to 200 °C and bake a further 30 minutes until the skin is crispy.
    Step 3
  4. Rest the pork

    • Remove the pork from the oven and rest before slicing.
    Step 4
  5. Finish and serve

    • Slice the pork along the scored marks.
    • Serve with steamed rice, steamed Asian greens and a dipping sauce of soy sauce and black vinegar.
    Step 5