Name: Crisp five-spice salt belly pork
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 150 min
Total time: 165 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 kilogram piece boned belly pork, skin on; 1 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt (not salt flakes); 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder; 1 tablespoon peanut oil; 1/4 cup (60ml) light soy sauce; 1 small fresh red chilli, chopped finely

Crisp five-spice salt belly pork

Serves 8

Prep

15M

Cook

2H 30M

Total

2H 45M

Ingredients

1 kilogram piece boned belly pork, skin on

1 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt (not salt flakes)

1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder

1 tablespoon peanut oil

1/4 cup (60ml) light soy sauce

1 small fresh red chilli, chopped finely

Method

1.Pat the pork rind dry with absorbent paper; rub in combined salt, five-spice and oil. Place on a metal rack over a large shallow baking dish; cover, refrigerate 1 hour.

2.Preheat oven to very hot, 240°C (220°C fan-forced).

3.Bake the pork, uncovered, in a very hot oven for 1 hour or until rind begins to crisp. Reduce heat to moderately slow, 160°C (140°C fan-forced); cook pork for a further 1 hour 30 minutes or until tender. Stand, uncovered, for 15 minutes.

4.Cut the pork into thick slices; serve with combined sauce and chilli.