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    Pan-fried Crispy Pork Belly

    Last Modified: October 9, 2022 by Elaine| 4 Comments

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    A lovely and super beginner friendly pan-fried crispy pork belly recipe. No oven needed, no marinating process needed. Only need 5 minutes operation and leave all of the other efforts to the pan.

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    Table of Contents
    • Pork Belly is so popular in Asian recipes
    • Highly recommend this to beginners
    • What you will need
    • Instructions
    • 🧾Recipe

    Pork Belly is so popular in Asian recipes

    I love the magic piece from the pig's abdomen. Pork belly and butt are my two favorite parts. Pork belly is very popular from East Asian and there are tons of yummy recipes using pork belly. Among all the list items, you may hear about the twice cooked pork belly which comes from Sichuan cuisine, oven baked crispy pork belly from Cantonese cuisine and red braised pork belly from almost everywhere. I love pork belly so much because

    1. pork belly is a very lovely cut of meat. A good pork belly cut has five layer of meat in which 2 layers of lean meat and 3 layers of fat. Wow, it is so beautiful because of the texture of the color. Due to that unique texture, it has rice flavors combing from both lean meat and fat meat. When cooked properly, it can be extremely comforting and delicious.
    2. pork belly is a very versatile meat cut. Almost all cooking method, roasted, braised, pan-fried, stir-frying even steamed can be applied. It can be also used as dumpling filling or steamed bun filling. So more creative ways lead to fabulous and lovely result.

    Following are some of the most popular asian style pork belly recipes.

    1. twice cooked pork
    2. Roasted crispy pork belly
    3. Roasted pork belly with honey
    4. RouJiamo- where pork belly is used as filling
    5. Sichuan fried pork
    6. HongShaoRou- Red braised pork belly

    Highly recommend this to beginners

    Among all of my pork belly recipes, this is my first recommendation to beginners. Little cut experience needed, no marinating process, no bowl sauce prepared. All you need is the lovely pork belly cut, a pan and some seasonings.

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    Tips for crispy surface

    In the oven crispy pork belly version Cantonese crispy pork belly (Siu Yuk), the crispy texture coming from the skin. But with this method we need to remove the skin because it needs longer time of cooking that can't match with the meat part. The crispy texture come from the surface of the meat cut. It is a different dimension of crispiness that need less chewing work.

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    Tips for choosing pork belly

    1. When choosing pork belly, it is important to select a cut that is well marbled with a lovely five layers. But you can make a personal choice about more lean meat or more fat meat.
    2. Avoid the pork belly with blemishes or bruises.

    What you will need

    • 2 beautiful pork belly cut
    • 1 pan with good heat storage capacity
    • salt
    • ginger
    • Sichuan peppercorn

    Instructions

    how to prepare pork belly

    1.Remove the skin of the pork belly. This can be done by scoring the skin with a sharp knife. If you prefer less fat part, you can remove the extra fat with the skin.

    2.Soak pork belly in clean water for 30 minutes. This process helps to more the impurities and raw flavors of pork belly.

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    Cook the pork belly

    3.Load a pan or wok with water to cover, add ginger, scallion and Sichuan peppercorn in the water and place the pork belly in. Start the fire and heat until boiling.

    pan-fried crispy pork belly|chinasichuanfood.com
    pan-fried crispy pork belly|chinasichuanfood.com

    4.There will be lots of foams floating on the water, make sure all of the foams are carefully removed. Cover the continue cooking over small fire and covered until all water is gone ... Takes around 30 minutes.

    pan-fried crispy pork belly|chinasichuanfood.com
    pan-fried crispy pork belly|chinasichuanfood.com

    Make the surface crispy

    When the water is all gone, continue heating and there will be some thickened paste at the bottom of the pan, use a kitchen paper to erase them so it will be get burnt in the following process.
    Fry the pork belly for 20 seconds on one side and turn around to fry the other side. Repeat the process until both sides are well browned and crispy.

    pan-fried crispy pork belly|chinasichuanfood.com
    pan-fried crispy pork belly|chinasichuanfood.com

    Cut and serve

    Cut the pork belly into slices and serve with a dried spice mix. You can see the beautiful crispy shell around the meat.

    pan-fried crispy pork belly|chinasichuanfood.com
    pan-fried crispy pork belly|chinasichuanfood.com

    How to serve

    This crispy pan-fried pork belly is highly recommend to serve with lettuce wrap or a spice mix. It is great to partner with salad like smashed cucumber salad.

    🧾Recipe

    pan-fried crispy pork belly|chinasichuanfood.com

    Pan-fried Crispy Pork Belly

    Elaine
    Pan fried crispy pork belly with super easy preparation. The pork is so good in flavor after long time simmering.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 30 mins
    Cook Time 27 mins
    Total Time 1 hr
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Chinese
    Servings 4
    Calories 651 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 500 g pork belly , choose well marbled part
    • 1 tsp. salt
    • 1 tsp. Sichuan peppercorn
    • 1 thumb ginger

    Instructions
     

    How to prepare pork belly

    • Remove the skin of the pork belly. This can be done by scoring the skin with a sharp knife. If you prefer less fat part, you can remove the extra fat with the skin.
    • Soak pork belly in clean water for 30 minutes. This process helps to more the impurities and raw flavors of pork belly.

    Cook the pork belly

    • Load a pan or wok with water to cover the pork belly, add ginger, scallion and Sichuan peppercorn in the water and place the pork belly in. Start the fire and heat until boiling.
    • There will be lots of foams floating on the water, make sure all of the foams are carefully removed. Cover the continue cooking until all water is gone ... Use small fire in the process and keep the simmering time over 30 minutes.

    Make the surface crispy

    • When the water is all gone, if you are using the same pan, use a kitchen paper to erase the thick paste at pan bottom so it will be get burnt in the following process. Or you can transfer the pork belly to another clean pan.
    • Fry the pork belly for 20 seconds on one side and turn around to fry the other side. Repeat the process until both sides are well browned and crispy. In this process, the pork belly will release oil continuously, pour the oil out when necessary. And this oil can be served for noodles or vegetable stir frying.

    How to serve

    • Cut into bite size pieces and serve with lettuce wraps or salad. In addition, you can match this with a hot spice mix.

    Notes

    Even I highly recommend this because it is super delicious but don't eat too much one time. It is still pork belly. 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 651kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 12gFat: 66gSaturated Fat: 24gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 31gCholesterol: 90mgSodium: 518mgPotassium: 249mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 0.01gVitamin A: 19IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 12mgIron: 1mg
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    Comments

    1. Mm

      September 21, 2022 at 1:41 pm

      5 stars
      I will try this! Thank you!

      Reply
      • Elaine

        September 22, 2022 at 8:19 am

        Thanks. Hope to get good feedback!

        Reply
    2. Patricia

      December 30, 2022 at 2:54 am

      5 stars
      I’ve made this twice and it’s delicious!

      Reply
      • Elaine

        January 01, 2023 at 10:01 am

        Thanks, Patricia for the lovely feedback. I like this version very much too.

        Reply

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