"This dish is a lot easier to make than it looks. Enjoy it as a sandwich, with rice, vermicelli noodles, in a salad or straight up! I love eating these straight up dipped in sweet thai chili sauce. They also pair well with nuoc mam cham (fish sauce dip)."
Crispy Pork Belly
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A Note from Feedfeed
This Crispy Pork Belly recipe may seem intimidating (it calls for a 3-pound pork belly slab) but it's actually easy to make! The pork is marinated and oven-roasted for a crispy, juicy piece of meat that can be used in many ways.
Check out our Korean Foods feed edited by @misshangrypants for more inspo!
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ingredients
For the pork:
- 3 pounds pork belly slab
- 1/4 cup salt
ingredients
For the marinade:
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons mirin
- 2 teaspoons Chinese 5 spice
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
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For the vinegar:
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
Method
Step 1
Wash your pork belly slab- submerge in water & 1/4 cup of salt for 15 mins
Step 2
Meanwhile, make your rub by mixing all of the marinade ingredients
Step 3
Back to our pork belly, dry her off COMPLETELY on both sides. Cut slits (in the meat side) into your pork belly... deep enough to hit the skin but not all the way through. Use a fork or something sharp to poke A BUNCH OF HOLES into the skin. The more, the better! (This helps with achieving a crispy skin.)
Step 4
Rub the marinade all over your pork belly slab (ON THE MEAT ONLY, not the skin). Make sure you get in between the slits.
Step 5
Lay your pork belly slab onto a foil and fold the edges of your foil up to create a little boat for your pork belly. Refrigerate uncovered for 24-48 hours.
Step 6
After 24-48 hours, brush the skin side of your pork with 2 tsp white vinegar + 1 tsp salt.
Step 7
Keep in in the foil boat and place onto an oven safe dish and bake at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, brush a 2nd layer of your vinegar mixture & bake at 400 for another 20 mins.
Step 8
Then switch your oven to broil (on low if possible) and broil for 5-10 mins.
Step 9
Remove pork from oven & cut following the slits you made while you were marinading. Then cut it up to bite size pieces.
Step 10
Optional: serve in a bao bun with fresh cilantro and veggies or with a side of rice and pickled veggies.