Thit Heo Quay (Crispy Roast Pork)

Name: Thit Heo Quay (Crispy Roast Pork)
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 kg Pork Belly; 1 tbsp five-spice powder; 1 tsp salt; 2 tsp sugar; 1/2 tsp pepper; 1 tbsp hoisin/ketchup (optional); 2 tsp salt (Mix 2); 1 tsp white vinegar (Mix 2)

cookingforthewife @cook_3212033

Garden Grove, California

Eat this with Nuoc Mam (fish dipping sauce) with vermicelli noodles and fresh greens and herbs for a delicious meal!

cookingforthewife @cook_3212033

Garden Grove, California

Eat this with Nuoc Mam (fish dipping sauce) with vermicelli noodles and fresh greens and herbs for a delicious meal!

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Ingredients

20 mins

5 servings

1 kgPork Belly
1 tbspfive-spice powder
1 tspsalt
2 tspsugar
1/2 tsppepper
1 tbsphoisin/ketchup (optional)
2 tspsalt (Mix 2)
1 tspwhite vinegar (Mix 2)

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Steps

20 mins

1

Mix 1: combine salt, sugar, five-spice powder and pepper in bowl. Mix 2: combine salt and vinegar in bowl
2

Rub mix 1 over side of pork ( don't forget side of piece of pork, except skin side). Flip it over and dry skin side with paper towel. Brush mix 2 on skin side and let marinate for 3 hours or overnight
3

Wash piece clean and dry it. Make shallow incision in pork (meat side) 1 cm deep and 2.5 cm from each other
4

Preheat overn to 400°F. Place pork skin side down on piece of pork on aluminum foil lined tray and roast for 20min
5

Remove from oven, flip it over and dry skin side with paper towel. brush mix 2 on skin side again and roast skin side up for another 20min. ( poke holes with fork in skin if you want it extra crispy)
6

Repeat drying skin side and reapplying mix 2 and roast from another 20 min
7

Take out of oven immediately and let it cool down for about 15 mins. Don't let it cool down in oven because skin will lose crispiness.
8

Cut up the pork into small pieces and enjoy!