Crispy Pork Belly with Sticky Dipping Sauce

by

Tenina Holder

Posted March 19, 2021 (Last updated January 12, 2022)

Serves

4

Total Time

2hrs 10mins

Calories

895

The crispiest pork belly with the most delicious sticky dipping sauce that has pretty well gone viral throughout the Thermomix® world. Get on it, peeps.

Ask your butcher to score the pork belly in a diamond pa...

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    Ingredients

  • Pork belly icon
    Pork belly1.5 kgskin on, scored in a diamond pattern
  • Water icon
    Water1 Lboiling
  • Pink himalayan salt flakes icon
    Pink himalayan salt flakes2 ½ tablespoons
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oilas needed
  • Rice wine vinegar icon
    Rice wine vinegaras needed
  • Water icon
    Water1 L
  • Pink himalayan salt flakes icon
    Pink himalayan salt flakesas needed
  • White wine icon
    White wineas needed
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove1
  • Ginger icon
    Ginger30 g
  • Fresh chili icon
    Fresh chili1
  • Coconut sugar icon
    Coconut sugar3 tablespoons
  • Dark soy sauce icon
    Dark soy sauce30 g
  • Pink himalayan salt flakes icon
    Pink himalayan salt flakes1 pinch
  • Cilantro icon
    Cilantro10 gleaves of
  • Fresh chili icon
    Fresh chili13 gsliced
    Method

  • 1. Place pork belly into Varoma dish and place into a large sink
  • 2. Pour a kettle of boiling water over the pork, allowing it to drain away
  • 3. Pat pork skin dry with a paper towel
  • 4. Ub skin with pink salt flakes, followed by 1 tbsp EVOO, then 1 tbsp vinegar. Repeat until all the scored skin has been well coated in flavour
  • 5. Add water to the TM bowl
  • 6. Bring to a boil - 8 min, Varoma, speed 1
  • 7. Set Varoma into position and steam 15 min, Varoma, speed 3
  • 8. Pre-heat oven with grill function - 160°C
  • 9. Line a clean baking dish with parchment paper
  • 10. When pork has finished steaming, transfer to baking dish
  • 11. Reapply extra virgin olive oil, rice wine vinegar and salt
  • 12. Place into the oven on the bottom shelf. Pour in enough white wine or water to reach fat layer of pork belly
  • 13. Broil until crispy - 30 min, 160°C
  • 14. Increase heat - 220°C
  • 15. Bake until golden brown - 35-45 min, 220°C
  • 16. Remove from oven and cover loosely with cooking foil for 15 minutes
  • 17. To make sauce, add garlic clove, ginger, fresh chili, coconut sugar, dark soy sauce and pink Himalayan salt flakes to the TM bowl
  • 18. Blend with MC on - 10 sec, speed 8
  • 19. Cook - 5 min, 100°C, speed 1
  • 20. Scrape down sides of TM5 bowl
  • 21. Garnish pork with fresh coriander and chillies
  • 22. Serve hot with dipping sauce

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