Chinese New Year: Chinese Roast Pork (Siu Yuk)
Chinese New Year: Chinese Roast Pork (Siu Yuk) takes roughly 2 hours from beginning to end. This side dish has 596 calories, 11g of protein, and 60g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4 and costs $1.04 per serving. new year eve will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up Spice Rub, pork belly, kosher salt, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is liked by 116 foodies and cooks. This recipe is typical of Chinese cuisine. It is brought to you by From Away. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal diet. Overall, this recipe earns a not so amazing spoonacular score of 32%. Try Chinese Roast Pork (siew Yuk), for Char Siu – aka Chinese Roast Pork, and Crispy Roast Pork Belly (Siu Yuk) for similar recipes.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 20 minutes
Cooking duration: 100 minutes
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice
6 cloves garlic
½ cup of Kosher salt
1 lb slab of pork belly
Equipment:
baking sheet
roasting pan
oven
frying pan
Cooking instruction summary:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and arrange oven racks in lower-third and upper-third positions.Cover a deep roasting pan or baking sheet with water, and place on the lower rack to catch the drippings from the pork belly.Make deep slices through the side of the pork belly, and push garlic cloves deep inside. Sprinkle the meat side of the pork belly with the Chinese five spice, and cover the top with the salt.Carefully transfer to oven (adding more salt if needed), cooking directly on top rack. Cook for one hour (adding more water to pan if needed), then knock salt crust off top of pork belly, and brush away excess. Increase oven temperature to 465 degrees, and continue cooking until top is brown and crusty, about 40 minutes more.Remove pork belly from oven, and let rest for about ten minutes before chopping into chunks and serving.
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and arrange oven racks in lower-third and upper-third positions.Cover a deep roasting pan or baking sheet with water, and place on the lower rack to catch the drippings from the pork belly.Make deep slices through the side of the pork belly, and push garlic cloves deep inside. Sprinkle the meat side of the pork belly with the Chinese five spice, and cover the top with the salt.Carefully transfer to oven (adding more salt if needed), cooking directly on top rack. Cook for one hour (adding more water to pan if needed), then knock salt crust off top of pork belly, and brush away excess. Increase oven temperature to 465 degrees, and continue cooking until top is brown and crusty, about 40 minutes more.
2. Remove pork belly from oven, and let rest for about ten minutes before chopping into chunks and serving.
Nutrition Information:
covered percent of daily need
