There is nothing quite like the combination of juicy roasted pork with crispy crackling. If you love pork, it’s a dream come true. Learn how to get the perfect crispy crackling on oven-roasted pork, simple and easy.
Tips:
- To crisp up the skin, make sure it is all bubbled up and turned deep golden-brown.
- Roasting time may vary depending on individual oven.
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Crispy Oven-Roasted Pork Recipe | MyKitchen101en
Yield: 45 pieces
Ingredients:
- 1 pork belly with skin
- ½ tsp ground pepper
- Salt to generously cover the skin of pork
- ¼ cup vinegar
- ½ tsp five spice powder (optional)
Instructions:
1 Wash and clean pork thoroughly under running water.
2 Immerse and gently cook in hot water, at a temperature slightly below boiling point for 30 minutes. This helps to get rid of pork offensive odor.
3 Use a knife to scrape and clean the skin.
4 Pat dry and season the meat with ground pepper, except the skin.
5 Pierce pork skin with meat tenderizer or fork, it helps the skin to crisp up.
6 Brush the pork skin with vinegar.
7 Wrap sides of the meat with aluminum foil with skin side up. Cover the skin side with generous amount of salt, bake in the preheated oven at 200°C (400°F) for 1 hour.
8 Remove aluminum foil and salt, then bake for another 40 minutes at 250°C/480°F to brown and turn the skin to crispy. Cooking time may vary depending on individual oven, adjust accordingly.
9 It is ready when the skin all bubbled up.
10 Place the pork crackling-side down, cut into strips and chunks.
Crispy Oven-roasted Pork Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 pork belly with skin
- ½ tsp ground pepper
- salt cover whole pork skin
- ¼ cup vinegar
- ½ tsp five spice powder optional
Instructions
- Wash and clean pork thoroughly under running water.
- Immerse and gently cook in hot water, at a temperature slightly below boiling point for 30 minutes. This helps to get rid of pork offensive odor.
- Use a knife to scrape and clean the skin.
- Pat dry and season the meat with ground pepper, except the skin.
- Pierce pork skin with meat tenderizer or fork, it helps the skin to crisp up.
- Brush the pork skin with vinegar.
- Wrap sides of the meat with aluminum foil with skin side up. Cover the skin side with generous amount of salt, bake in the preheated oven at 200°C (400°F) for 1 hour.
- Remove aluminum foil and salt, then bake for another 40 minutes at 250°C/480°F to brown and turn the skin to crispy. Cooking time may vary depending on individual oven, adjust accordingly.
- It is ready when the skin all bubbled up.
- Place the pork crackling-side down, cut into strips and chunks.
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Experimented with this last night! It was awesome!! Can’t wait to make the other half tonight!!
Where i can buy the tool to make little hole in the pork skin?
I bought it from a stall that sells cooking utensils at morning market.