Cheap cut recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has pork belly, chinese five-spice powder, soy sauce, ginger, sweet chilli sauce and spring onion.
Crisp Chinese pork
Course: Cheap cut
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Spring Onion: 1 spring onion, finely chopped
- Soy Sauce: 4 tbsp soy sauce (we used Kikkoman)
- Sweet Chilli Sauce: 1 tbsp Thai sweet chilli sauce
- Ginger: small knob fresh root ginger, grated
- Chinese Five Spice Powder: 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
- Pork Belly: 1.3kg piece boned pork belly, skin on and scored, ask the butcher for the thin end
Directions
- Rub the pork with the five-spice and 2 tsp sea salt then leave, uncovered, in the fridge for at least 2 hrs, but preferably overnight. When ready to cook, heat oven to its maximum setting. Lay the pork on a rack over a roasting tin, making sure the skin is exposed. Roast for 10 mins before turning down the heat to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4, then leave to cook for a further 1 1/2 hrs. Have a look at the pork - if the skin isn't crisp, turn up the heat to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7, then cook for another 30 mins until crisp. Leave to rest on a board for at least 10 mins.
- To make the dipping sauce, mix all the ingredients together with 2 tbsp water. Cut the pork into small pieces, then serve with the sauce, plus boiled rice and steamed greens, if you like.
