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Crackling Pork Belly Salad Bowl


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This is more indulgent than the other bowls but life is about balance.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1

    Score the pork belly, scratching the skin but not cutting into the fat.

  2. 2

    Add a very thin layer of salt over the skin. Leave to sweat for 15-30 minutes.

  3. 3

    Remove water and salt from skin with a paper towel.

  4. 4

    Add another thin layer of salt.

  5. 5

    Into the oven at 170°C for 60 minutes per kg or longer.

  6. 6

    Increase oven temperature to highest setting and grill for 10-20 minutes until skin is puffed.

  7. 7

    Serve with vermicelli noodles, carrots, bean shoots, cucumber, cabbage, Vietnamese mint, mint, coriander, fried shallots, charred peanuts, and Nuoc Cham or nuoc mam dressing.