🇵🇭 Philippines recipe
Lechon Kawali
Lechon Kawali is the home cook's answer to the grand whole roasted lechon, delivering the same crackling-crisp skin and meltingly tender meat without needing a spit roast. Pork belly is first simmered with aromatics until tender, then deep-fried until the skin blisters and shatters. The result is a gloriously crunchy exterior giving way to succulent, flavorful meat that pairs perfectly with a vinegar dipping sauce.
Prep15 mins + 2 hrs drying
Cook1 hr 15 mins
Serves4
Difficultymedium
Ingredients
- 1 kg pork belly, skin on, in one piece
- 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
- 3 dried bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 whole head garlic, halved crosswise
- Cooking oil for deep-frying (about 6 cups)
- 1/2 cup white vinegar (for dipping sauce)
- 4 cloves garlic, minced (for dipping sauce)
- 1 small onion, finely chopped (for dipping sauce)
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce (for dipping sauce)
- Salt and pepper to taste (for dipping sauce)
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 520
- Protein
- 28 g
- Carbs
- 6 g
- Fat
- 42 g
