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Air Fryer - Crispy Pork Belly

3/1/2021
This recipe is super simple. It does, however, require some patience. You should give about a day in advance to optimize this piece of pork.

Ingredients

2.5 lb pork belly
1 tsp sugar
2 tbs salt
2 tsp five spice powder
1 tsp white pepper powder
2 tsp rice vinegar

Directions

1. Pre-cook the pork. Boil a pot of water and submerge the pork belly. Let it boil for 5 minutes and skim any excess scum off the water. Once done, take out the pork and place into an ice bath to stop the cooking.
2. Dry out the pork. Your goal here is to dry it out as much as possible. Remove the pork from the ice bath and wrap it with paper towels.Pat the pork until it's as dry as possible.If you have a meat tenderizer that can puncture holes into the meat, use it here. If you do not have one, feel free to use a fork. Make sure to puncture deep enough for the skin to leak out, but NOT deep to the point that it has a huge hole. These holes will help the fat escape to the skin, which will aid in the crisping process. The more holes, the better.
3. Apply the rub.
  1. Mix together the salt, sugar, white pepper, and five spice powder together. Mix well.
  2. Using this rub mixture, apply it on all sides of the pork EXCEPT the skin.
  3. This next step will call on your arts-and-craft skills. You're going to make an aluminum casing for the pork belly, only exposing it's skin. Do this by folding sides of the aluminum foil and pinch the sides together.
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