Chinese roast pork
Ingredients
• 1 piece of pork belly weighing approximately 1 kg
• 3 tablespoons of coarse / rock salt
• 2 tablespoons of fine salt
• 1 tablespoon of five-spice powder
Method
1. Clean pork belly and poke holes all over the skin with a sharp knife. Make horizontal slits on the meat side 1 inch apart.
2. Rub fine salt and five-spice powder on meat and leave to marinade in the refrigerator for an hour or so. Brush the skin with vinegar before roasting.
3. Heat up oven at gas mark 4 (about 180 degrees Celsius). Place pork belly on a rack and put a layer of coarse salt on the skin (refer picture below); with a tray underneath to catch dripping oil. Roast the pork belly for at least 30 minutes and until the coarse salt crystallizes just like in the picture above.
4. Remove the salt crystals and continue to roast till the skin is crispy.
My family loves this recipe from aunty Corrine!
ReplyDeletekelly...
ReplyDeleteafter 30 mins of roasting, remove the crystalized salt on the skin and continue roasting for another 15 - 20 mins until the skin breaks out evenly or crispy.
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