Air Fryer Roast Pork
With its crispy crackling and juicy meat, this Air Fryer Roast Pork is sure to delight everyone at your dinner table.
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb Pork belly slab
- 1/2 tsp Chinese five spices powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp Vinegar
- Olive oil
- Coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Wash and pat dry the pork belly.
- Punch lots of holes into the skin of the pork belly using a metal fork. Do not punch the holes too deep.
- Apply the meat rub (mixture of five-spice powder, salt, and pepper) on the sides and the bottom of the pork belly. Avoid the skin.
- Next, brush the pork skin with vinegar. Place the meat on a tray and leave it in the fridge uncovered and allow the skin to dry for a minimum of 12 hours.
- Take out the pork belly from the fridge. Wrap the meat with aluminum foil leaving the skin exposed.
- Place coarse sea salt onto the skin of the pork belly, make sure you cover every part of the skin.
- Preheat the air fryer for 5 minutes at 360F.
- Place the belly into the air fryer and cook for 20 minutes.
- Once done, remove the foil and pork belly from the air fryer. Remove the foil and scrape off the salt from the skin.
- Place the pork belly back into the air fryer basket, skin side facing up. Spray some oil onto the skin.
- Cook for 15 minutes at 400F. Once done, let it rest for 15 minutes before slicing.