Free Chinese Recipes

Ingredients

• 1.35-1.5 kg (3-3 1/2 lb) belly of pork (with skin)
• 7 ml (1/2 tablespoon) salt
• 5 ml (1 teaspoon) brown sugar
• 15 ml (1 tablespoon) soy sauce
• 30 ml (2 tablespoons) water

Serve 6-8

** Free Chinese Recipes **

Method:

1. Douse the skin side of the pork with a kettleful of boiling water. Drain, dry and rub the skin with salt. Leave it to dry, and score the skin in 2.5 cm (1 in) diamond patterns.

2. Pierce the meat, not the skin, at regular intervals with a skewer. Leave to season for 1 hour. Grill the skin side of the pork until slightly brown.

3. Mix the sugar with the soy sauce and water until well blended. Rub the mixture on the pork and pork skin. Put the piece of pork on a wire rack and place it in a pre-heated oven at 170°C (325°F)/Gas 3 and roast for 1-1 1/2 hours, turning over twice.

4. Cut the pork through meat and skin into medium-sized rectangular pieces, each with the skin, which should now be very crisp attached.

5. The crunching of the crispy skin together with the blandness of plain rice seems to release and enhance the quality of the dish.