Roast Pork Belly with Crackling
Roast Pork Belly with Crackling

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, roast pork belly with crackling. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Rotate the pork belly when it's half way of the cooking process. The skin is not supposed to be puffy or crackling at this point. So don't be panic if you do not see anything happened with the skin. Drizzle with oil, then place pork, rind-side up, in a roasting pan.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook roast pork belly with crackling using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Roast Pork Belly with Crackling:
  1. Prepare 1.5 kg Pork Belly with Skin
  2. Take 1 Tablespoon Coriander seeds
  3. Make ready 1 Tablespoon Fennel seeds
  4. Take 1 Tablespoon Black Peppercorns
  5. Get 1 Tablespoon Salt
  6. Get 1 Dried Bay Leaf
  7. Take 2 Tablespoons Oil
  8. Prepare 2 White Onions
  9. Get 1 Garlic Head

The foil should make a close nest around the pork to prevent it from drying out and gather the juices while it's cooking, but at the same time allow the pork rind to crackle. Pork belly is a fatty piece of meat that is often used to make bacon and pancetta. However, it can also be roasted, resulting in flavorful and tender pork covered with delicious crackling. It's that dual texture (often in a single bite) that makes it irresistible and guaranteed to please everyone at the dinner table.

Steps to make Roast Pork Belly with Crackling:
  1. Preheat your oven to 230°C
  2. Score the skin on the pork belly so it penetrates the fat a bit
  3. In a pestle and mortar/ spice grinder, pound together the coriander seeds, Fennel seeds, black peppercorns, salt and bay leaf.
  4. Mix the dry rub with the oil and lather onto the pork belly. Make sure to get some mixture into the cuts you made on the skin. Place into a dish and cover with cling film to marinate for a minimum of 30 minutes in the fridge.
  5. Chop 2 onions into quarters and 1 garlic head in half horizontally. Lay them on the base of the baking dish skin side facing up. You do not need to remove any skins.
  6. Place the pork on top of the onions and garlic and place the dish into your preheated oven for 45 minutes- 1 hour.
  7. Take out the pork belly when it is crispy and golden. Then turn the oven down to 150°C.
  8. Place the pork belly onto a rack suspended above a tray so that the pork fat will drip down through the meat and into the tray. Leave it in the oven for 2-3 hours and let it cook slowly until the meat is soft and tender.
  9. Enjoy with sides of your choice. The pan with the pork fat, onions and garlic can be used to make gravy.

However, it can also be roasted, resulting in flavorful and tender pork covered with delicious crackling. It's that dual texture (often in a single bite) that makes it irresistible and guaranteed to please everyone at the dinner table. Clank up the onions into wedges and arrange them skin-side up in rows. With the signature puffy bubbles all over, this Pork Belly Crackling is crispy and crumbly in a way that you will never achieve on a pork roast, even pulling out all the secret crackling tips. That's what makes Chinese Crispy Pork Belly so sought after.

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