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Pat the pork belly dry with paper towels to remove any blood.
Pot-Roasted Pork Belly
A special recipe for crispy yet moist pork belly made at a campsite using only a thick-bottomed pot with a lid, a block of pork belly for boiling, whole garlic, and salt.
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⏱️ 70 min total📝 10 steps
What You'll Need
Pork belly (for boiling)600g
Salt6g (1% of the meat weight)
Whole garlic1/3 the volume of the meat
Instructions
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Make some shallow cuts into the pork belly.
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40 minutes before cooking, evenly sprinkle the 1% amount of salt over the meat to season and let it rest.
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Preheat a thick-bottomed pot with a lid over medium heat.
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Place the pork belly into the heated pot, starting with the skin side down.
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Cover the pot with the lid, reduce the heat to low, and cook for 5 minutes.
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Flip the meat over to ensure it browns evenly.
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Cook for another 10 minutes, turning as needed so that all sides become golden brown.
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Add the whole garlic and cook for 10 minutes, letting it fry in the rendered fat until about one-third submerged.
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Turn off the heat, remove the meat to a plate, cover it with a rice bowl or similar, and let it rest for 5 minutes.
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