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air fryer pork belly with crispy crackling

Air fryer pork belly

Recipe for Air fryer pork belly
Easy and delicious pork belly with crisp crackling made in your air fryer. It is easy and quick to prepare a pork belly roast in this way, and it is wonderful for both lunch and dinner.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Resting 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine Danish
Servings 4 people
Calories 1715 kcal

Equipment

  • Air fryer

Ingredients
  

  • 1300 g pork belly boneless
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Coarse salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste
  • 5 dl water
  • 3 bay leaves

Instructions
 

  • Prepare the rib roast. Pat it completely dry with a kitchen towel and then cut it into square pieces. Make sure that the skin is scored all the way down into the fat layer, but without cutting into the meat. It helps ensure crisp crackling.
    - If they are very uneven at the bottom, they can be cut slightly so that they can keep the balance during cooking.
    1300 g pork belly
  • Now spray or coat the pieces in a thin layer of olive oil and season them with salt and pepper on the meat side and then salt only on the skin side.
    1 tbsp olive oil, Coarse salt, Pepper
  • Put water in the bottom of the air fryer basket together with the bay leaves. Now place the pieces of pork belly on the rack in the drawer of your air fryer and turn the machine on. First, they must have 150 degrees Calcius for approx. 50 minutes.
    - Be sure to top up with a little water if it all evaporates.
    5 dl water, 3 bay leaves
  • After approx. 50 minutes, the temperature is turned up to 205 degrees Celcius and the pieces of ribs are now cooked off for approx. 10 minutes, or until the crackling has become golden and completely crispy.
  • When the crackling is completely crispy, remove the drawer from the air fryer, place the pieces of pork belly in a dish and let them rest for approx. 5 minutes or while you prepare the sauce with the liquid from the bottom of the air fryer.
  • Serve with all your favorite side dishes.

Notes

Air fryer

We use our Cosori Dualblaze Airfryer. If you use a different type of air fryer, you may need to adjust the cooking time, as all machines heat differently. Always keep a close eye on the food when you try a new recipe in your air fryer.

Nutrition

Calories: 1715kcal
Keyword Air fryer pork belly, Pork belly with crispy crackling in air fryer
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