Roasted Pork Belly Lechon Liempo Food

ROASTED/ LECHON PORK BELLY RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine all the aromatics in a bowl and mix well.
• Lightly mash everything together with the back of a spoon.
• Alternatively, use a food processor to bring everything together with only around 2-3 pulses.With the skin side down, rub the mixture all over the meat.
• Roll the slab, carefully invert the meat and secure it with butcher's twine.
• It's okay if there are a few pieces of herbs that fall off, you can place it back later.
• Rub coarse salt all over the meat, including the skin.
• With a paring knife or fork, poke the skin of the meat. This will ensure a nice crackling.
• Transfer it to a roasting fitted with a rack and the bottom lined with foil.
• Place it in the refrigerator to chill overnight. This will dry the skin, which helps the crackling form.
• Preheat the oven to 160 C. Just to be sure, pat the skin of the pork dry with a paper towel. Roast the pork for 5 hours.
• Afterwards, increase the temperature to 220 C, and allow the pork's crackling to form. This will take another 30 minutes to an hour.
• When done, remove from the oven and allow to cool a bit before slicing. Enjoy!

LECHON LIEMPO (FILIPINO-STYLE ROASTED PORK BELLY) RECIPE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together oil, garlic, salt, vinegar, and black pepper.
• Lay pork belly on a cutting board skin-side down. Score flesh diagonally about every 2-inches. Repeat in opposite direction, creating a diamond pattern. Spread garlic mixture evenly all over flesh.
• Roll pork into a cylinder and tie tightly with butcher twine about every inch.
• Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all the charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and arrange the coals on either side of the charcoal grate and place a foil pan between the two piles of coals. Cover grill and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Run spit of the rotisserie through middle of pork and secure ends with rotisserie forks. Place on the rotisserie, cover, and cook at medium heat until skin has darkened and crisped and pork registers 160oF when an instant read thermometer is inserted into the thickest part of the meat, about 3 hours, replenishing coals to maintain temperature as needed. Remove from grill and let rest for 10 minutes. Remove spit, slice, and serve.

LECHON KAWALI (CRISPY PAN-FRIED ROASTED PORK)

Steps:

• Cut the pork belly into serving pieces then combine with the garlic, peppercorn,laurel leaves, salt and water in a pan.
• Bring to a boil and simmer for 35-45 minutes or until skin is tender.
• Drain, cool and air dry.
• Deep-fry liempo pieces in batches until golden brown and blisters appear on skin.
• Mix all the sauce ingredients.
• Enjoy!