30 servings... prep time: 30 minutes... Cook time: 3 hours

Necessities

  • Deep 9x13 pan

  • Cookie cooling rack

  • Fork

Ingredients

  • Pork Belly (slab ideal)

  • Five spice

  • Coarse kosher salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F

  2. Use fork to make a million holes in pork fat.

  3. Place belly fat-side up on rack, then place over deep 9x13 pan.

  4. Fill pan with about 0.5” water - this will catch pork fat as it cooks, and prevent burning/splatter.

  5. Lightly season top of pork fat with five spice.

  6. Pour and spread thick layer of salt over surface of pork fat, evenly covering the entire surface with at least 1/4” of salt.

  7. Place pork in oven for 1 hour, or until salt later crusts as it absorbs fat.

  8. Remove pork from oven, heat oven to 465F, scrape off all salt and dispose.

  9. Place pork back in oven for ~40-45 minutes until skin and pork crisps.

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