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Chinese Roasted pork

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Course: Main
Cuisine: Chinese
Servings: 3 people

Equipment

  • 1 pair of kitchen scissorsfig9

Ingredients
 

  • 900 g pork belly

Seasoning

  • 2 tsp shaoxing wine (fig1)
  • 2 tsp light soy sauce (fig2)
  • 1 tsp chicken powder (fig4)
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tbsp galangal powder (fig6)
  • 1 tbsp Chinese 5 spices powder (fig3)
  • 2 tbsp water

vinegar mixture

  • 1 tsp white vinegar (fig7)
  • ½ tsp baking soda (fig8)
  • 1 tsp water

Instructions

  • Wash and dry the pork. Use scissors to cut through pork skin and fat layer (but do not cut through to meat)
  • Rub the seasoning on the bottom and all sides of the pork. Coat thinly the white vinegar and soda mixture (mix the soda with the water) on the pork skin
  • Put the pork into the refrigerator uncover for 6 hours
  • Dry the pork skin in air fry by air frying it 80°C/180°F for 1 hour.
  • Increase the temperature in air fry to 200°C/400°F. Air-fry the pork for 28 mins

Video

Notes

Ingredients - Click to enlarge the image
Gas fryer and oven cooking time and temperature for drying the pork skin
Gas fryer:80°C/180°F > 90 mins
Oven:100°C/225°F > 90 mins (convectional fans mode on)
Cooking time and temperature
Gas fryer:210°C/450°F > 35 mins
Oven:240°C/500°F >10 mins (grilling mode on), then increase the temperature to210°C/450°F > 30 mins (convectional fans mode on)