🇵🇭 How to Make Lechon Kawali

Craving Lechon Kawali? On FoodNeverComes the food never actually comes — so here's how to make real Lechon Kawali at home, in about 1 hr 30 min, with stuff you probably already have.

🛒 Ingredients

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• 1kg pork belly, in one slab
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tbsp peppercorns
• 2 tbsp salt
• oil for deep frying
• Dip: soy sauce, vinegar, chopped onion and chilli

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Simmer the pork belly whole with the bay, peppercorns and salt for 45 min until tender.
2. Take it out and let it cool. Then — this matters — leave it uncovered in the fridge overnight so the skin dries out completely.
3. Bone-dry skin is the entire difference between crackling and chewy disappointment.
4. Pat it dry once more and lower carefully into 180°C oil. It will spit violently; use a lid as a shield.
5. Fry 10–12 min until the skin blisters and goes deep gold.
6. Rest 5 min, then chop with a cleaver. Serve with the sharp soy-vinegar dip.