How to Cook Appetizing Crispy pork belly with chimichurri

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Crispy pork belly with chimichurri. Nobody does crispy pork belly like the Chinese! The secret to the perfect, shatteringly crisp, perfectly seasoned crackling is to bake with a salt crust. The best crackling in the world with juicy seasoned flesh, no one.

I've had some success (here and here), but one thing that really bothered me was having to score the skin.

Tender, juicy, crispy roasted pork belly served with fresh tomatoes, onions, cilantro, chimichurri sauce and tangy cotija cheese make these Pork Belly Tacos some of the best tacos you'll ever eat!

One of my favorite item to get from a Chinese BBQ restaurant is crispy pork belly!

You can cook Crispy pork belly with chimichurri using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Crispy pork belly with chimichurri

  1. Prepare of Pork belly.

  2. It’s 1 kg of pork belly.

  3. You need 1 of large lemon, cut into 1 cm slices.

  4. It’s 1 of large onion, cut into 1 cm slices.

  5. You need 2 of bay leaves.

  6. It’s 2 tsp of kosher salt.

  7. It’s 2 tsp of freshly cracked black pepper.

  8. It’s 1 tsp of garlic powder.

  9. You need of Chimichurri.

  10. Prepare 1 of large handful fresh Italian parsley.

  11. It’s 1 of shallot, finely chopped.

  12. It’s 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped.

  13. Prepare 1/2 tsp of dried oregano.

  14. You need 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes.

  15. Prepare of Juice of 1/2 lemon.

  16. You need 1 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce.

  17. It’s 1 tbsp of red wine vinegar.

  18. It’s 3 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil.

The crunch the juicy fatty pork, I love it!

Here's my recipe on how to.

Crispy Pork Belly Chicharon might look like your regular lechon kawali.

How to Cook Crispy Pork Belly.

Crispy pork belly with chimichurri step by step

  1. The day before, use a sharp knife to score a diamond pattern into the skin of the pork. You want to cut down into the fat but not into the meat. Sprinkle the skin liberally with salt (at least 1 tbsp for a kilo of meat), making sure it gets inside the cuts you just made. Put the pork belly in the fridge, uncovered with the skin-side up, for at least 12 hours..

  2. Preheat your oven to 325 F. Lay the lemon and onion slices in an alternating single layer on a baking sheet. Lay the bay leaves on top. Mix together the kosher salt, black pepper and garlic powder and sprinkle it onto the meat side of the roast. Put the roast skin-side up on top of the lemon, onion and bay leaves. Roast for 2 1/2 hours..

  3. While youre waiting, put the parsley, shallot, garlic, oregano and pepper flakes in a pestle and mortar. Add a good pinch of salt and smash into a chunky paste. Add the lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar and olive oil and whisk lightly to combine everything. Refrigerate the chimichurri until you're ready to serve..

  4. Pull the pork belly from the oven and turn the heat up to 450 F. Once it reaches temperature, put the pork back in and roast for 30 minutes until the skin is super crispy. Let the pork rest for 15 minutes before carving. Dont forget the chimichurri..

There are two cooking methods involved in making the crispiest pork belly.

Fortunately, these methods are exactly the same as making lechon kawali.

Crispy pork belly is one of my favorite Cantonese dishes for the years in Guangdong province.

After I learn how to make crispy pork belly from a Cantonese friends at home several years ago.

I am always trying to find ways and information for a better result and trying to understand how every step.