Simple Crispy Pork in 35 minutes | Air Fryer

After trying different ways of cooking air fryer pork belly for two weeks, finally I managed to reduce the cooking time to just 35 minutes with minimum preparation, and it bubbles with CRISPY crackle EVERY single time!!! Works with ANY air fryer!

Feel free to leave messages in the comment if you have any questions, I’ll try my best to answer.




➖Preparation: no need to score or poke the skin. Less than 5 minutes prep.

➖Vac-bag packed pork: If the pork belly comes in a vac-bag that’s packed a few days ago, the skin might be a bit wet. Dry the skin for the best crackling result by giving it a good wipe with kitchen towel, or leaving it in the fridge uncovered for a few hours or overnight if possible.

➖Pre-scored pork belly: if the pork is pre-scored, just make sure that it’s not cut down to the flesh. If it’s too deep, the juice of the meat will bubble up and cook the skin while cooking and that patch of skin won’t be crispy.

➖Seasoning: seasoning with only five spice powder, salt and pepper. Yer it is the best seasoning ever!

➖Five spice powder: this is a common spice used in Chinese cooking, can be found in most local supermarkets. It's the secret for great seasoning in this recipe. However if you would like to use something you already have in you pantry, substitute it with 1tsp garlic powder and 1tsp onion powder (Only in this recipe though. Garlic powder and onion powder mix is not a general substitution for five spice powder).

➖Need longer cooking time if cooking a bigger piece of pork? No, I’ve tried cooking 1.2 kg pork in a single large basket, only 35 minutes is needed.

➖Crackling tips: this recipe cooks perfect crackle EVERY SINGLE TIME! However do make sure that the skin is dry before putting it into the air fryer. Again dry it with kitchen towel or leave it in the fridge uncovered for a few hours or overnight if the pork comes in a vacccumed package.

➖Juicy meat: the meat is soft and juice, fat part melts in the month, no greasy!

➖Heating up leftovers: leftover lasts for about two days in fridge. It tastes just like freshly cooked with crispy crackle when heating up in an air fryer for about 10 minutes or less (depends on the size). Microwave for about 1 minute or two works too, the crackling just not as crispy as first cooked.



▪️Ingredients:

900g-1.2kg (2-3 lbs) pork belly

▪️Seasoning (this below measurement was used for 1.2kg pork)
1 tsp Chinese five spice powder
1 tsp white pepper (or black pepper)
2 tsp salt

▪️On skin
1/2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp salt


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00:00 Intro
00:18 Season the pork
00:55 Place the pork in foil
01:14 Air fryer setting 1st time
01:30 Air fryer setting 2nd time
01:38 Take pork out of the air fryer
01:48 Cutting the pork



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