Filipino-Style Grilled Pork Belly
Filipino-Style Grilled Pork Belly
Filipinos love their pork belly. You typically will see it either braised in some sort of way or fried, such as lechon kawali. But did you know that you can grill pork belly? Grilled pork belly is marinated in a calamansi juice base with lots of garlic and chilies, if you’re looking for spice. The marinade is saved and reduced down with oyster sauce to be used to baste the belly. The belly is then grilled for a couple minutes a side. Once there is a sear, you can start basting each side with the reduced marinade. It takes about 15 minutes in total to grill. If you don’t have a grill, you can prepare the pork belly under the broiler the exact same way. The pork belly is served with a vinegar based dipping sauce to help cut through all of the richness.
Ingredients
- 1 lb skin on pork belly sliced 1/2” thick
- 1/4 cup calamansi juice
- 3 tbsp fish sauce
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- 1 Thai chili finely minced
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
Dipping Sauce
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 tbsp white onion finely minced
- 1 Thai chili pepper finely minced
- 1/4 tsp salt
- pinch black pepper
Instructions
- Mix all of the dipping sauce ingredients together. Refrigerate until ready for use.
- Mix together the calamansi juice, fish sauce, garlic, chilies, brown sugar, salt, and black pepper.
- Marinate the pork belly for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight. Save the marinade once the pork belly is finished basking in its juices.
- Place the marinade in a pot over medium high heat. Simmer for 10 minutes until it is reduced.
- Mix in the oyster sauce and set aside.
- Turn on your oven’s broiler. Place the pork belly on a rack on a baking pan lined in foil.
- Broil or grill the pork belly for 3-4 minutes a side.
- Brush the top side of the pork belly with the reduced marinade. Broil or grill for 3 minutes. Flip over, baste, and broil or grill for 3 more minutes.
- Let rest for 10 minutes before serving.
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