Chicken Recipes - Roast Belly of Pork Recipe

  
 

Chinese Meats Recipes - Roast Belly of Pork Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2-2 1/2 lb. belly of fresh pork (boned)

  • coarse salt

  • 1 tablespoon soy bean

  • 1-2 pinches salt

  • 1-2 good pinches sugar

  • good pinch Ve-Tsin (M.S.G.)

  • 1 finely chopped dove garlic

  • 2 finely chopped thin slices fresh ginger

  • watercress, heart of lettuce, tomatoes

  • onion (flowers'

Method:

  1. Lay the pork, skin side up, on a board and pierce it all over with a fork. Rub coarse salt into the pork on both sides.

  2. Mash together the soy bean, seasonings, garlic and ginger to a paste. Rub it into the boned side of the meat. Pass a long metal skewer, lengthwise, through the pork to keep it in position during the cooking.

  3. Attach two hooks to the meat and hang it on the top runner of the oven, with the baking tin beneath it. Cook for 20 minutes at 475°F. or Gas Mark 9.

  4. Unhook the meat and transfer it to the baking tin. Cook for a further 30-40 minutes. Leave to become cold.

  5. Cut into long slices and then mouth-sized pieces and serve, as illustrated, garnished with the vegetables and onion 'flowers'.

Note: This cut of pork is one of the most delicious and inexpensive of all meats. With other dishes at the meal, it will serve 10-14 people or last the family several days.