Twice cooked Chinese Porkbelly

1 kilo porkbelly

Braising Liquid
Water to cover porkbelly
30g piece ginger roughly chopped
4 cloves garlic whole
6 peppercorns
2 star anise
2 tbs dark soy sauce
1/4 tsp pepper

Marinade
1/3 cup light soy sauce
1/3 cup honey
1/2 red chilli finely chopped
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
1 1/2 tsp Chinese 5 spice

Nuts & Bolts

1. In a large pot add the whole piece of porkbelly, water, ginger, garlic,peppercorns, star anise, soy sauce and pepper. Bring up to the boil and turn down and simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Remove from liquid and cool to room temperature.

2. Preheat oven to 190c.

3. Once pork belly has come to room temperature, discard the skin, dice into cubes.

4. In a bowl add all the marinade ingredients and mix well. Add porkbelly and coat well.

5. Place in a baking tray and place in the oven for 40 minutes. Taking out every 10 minutes to mix marinade all over porkbelly.

Calories per serving : 460