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Five-Spice Roast Pork Belly

Name: Five-Spice Roast Pork Belly
Total time: 9 h 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 750 g pork belly, boneless, skin on; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp light brown sugar; 1 tbsp five-spice powder; 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp sunflower oil

A slab of pork belly is rubbed with soy, brown sugar and five-spice, chilled overnight, then roasted until the skin shatters into crackling. Serve with a ginger-scallion dipping sauce.

Yield4 servings
Hands-on25 min
Total9 h 55 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

750 gpork belly, boneless, skin on
2 tbspsoy sauce
1 tbsplight brown sugar
1 tbspfive-spice powder
2 tspsalt
1 tspsunflower oil

Contains

Gluten
Soy
Legumes (any)
Sunflower seeds
Wheat
Fennel
Sichuan pepper
Cinnamon
Clove
Star anise
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Pork
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crisp
Tender-braised

Equipment

Oven

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Needs advance prep

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: moderate
Carbs: low
Fat: high
Fiber: low
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: low

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