Crisp pork belly with black bean sauce
serves
8
Crisp pork belly with black bean sauce
Black bean sauce? Need we say more. This hearty and downright delicious pork dish will have everyone asking for the recipe.
Ingredients (8)
- 4cm piece (20g) ginger, finely grated
- 1 garlic clove, finely grated
- 4 kaffir lime leaves, finely chopped
- 226g jar spicy black bean sauce
- 3kg piece boneless pork belly, skin scored at 1.5cm intervals
- 1 cup (250ml) chicken stock
- 1 cup (250ml) sherry
- Purple or Thai basil, Vietnamese mint and coriander leaves to serve (optional)
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
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1.Combine ginger, garlic, kaffir lime leaves and black bean sauce in a small bowl. Rub marinade into pork flesh only, then place pork skin-side up in a roasting pan and chill, uncovered, overnight to dry out skin.
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2.The next day, remove pork from fridge and bring to room temperature. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 220°C. Pat pork skin dry with paper towel, then sprinkle with salt flakes. Roast for 1 hour 15 minutes or until skin begins to crisp.
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3.Remove from oven and add stock and sherry to base of pan, being careful to avoid skin. Reduce oven to 150°C and roast pork for a further 1 hour or until meat is cooked through and skin is crisp and golden. Rest the pork, loosely covered with foil, for 10 minutes.
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4.Slice pork into thick pieces. Serve on a platter sprinkled with herbs.
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