Meat Recipes - Crispy Roast Pork

Ingredients

• 1 x 3lb (1 x 1.5kg) belly or bacon or pork

• 1 1/2 tbsp salt

• 1 tsp 5 spice powder

• 1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch, mixed to a paste with 1 egg white

SAUCE

• 4 tbsp soy sauce

• 4 tbsp tomato ketchup 

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Method:

1. Rub the pork all over with the salt and spice powder. Set aside at room temperature for 8 hours or overnight.

2. Preheat the oven to fairly hot 190C (Gas Mark 5,375F).

3. Quickly dip the pork in a saucepan half-filled with boiling water---the meat should be in the water for only a second or two. Dry with kitchen towels, then rub all over with the cornstarch mixture.

4. Place the pork on  a rack in a roasting pan and put in the oven. Roast for 1 1/4 hours, or until it is completely cooked through.

5. Transfer the pork to a carving board and cut, through the skin, into 1/2cm thick slices (each one should have a little skin attached to it).

6. Combine the soy sauce and ketchup, then serve with the pork.