Recipe: Tasty Air Fryer Crispy Pork Belly / Lechon Kawali

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Air Fryer Crispy Pork Belly / Lechon Kawali. Lechon Kawali is a Filipino favorite that's basically a pork belly that's pan fried to a delicious crispy pork dish! It's super simple but I promise, so good! Us Filipinos usually serve it over white rice.

Air Fryer Crispy Pork Belly / Lechon Kawali Great recipe for Air Fryer Crispy Pork Belly / Lechon Kawali. So deliciously crunchy outside but moist and juicy inside! I'm so loving my new toy! You can have Air Fryer Crispy Pork Belly / Lechon Kawali using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Air Fryer Crispy Pork Belly / Lechon Kawali

  1. Prepare 600 gr of pork belly.
  2. It's of Brine.
  3. Prepare 4 cups of water.
  4. It's 4 Tbsp of salt.
  5. It's of Add 1 cup water with 1 Tbsp salt more until submerged.
  6. You need of Boil.
  7. It's Handful of peppercorns.
  8. Prepare Dash of patis (or use salt).
  9. It's Dash of soy sauce.
  10. You need 3 of bay leaves.
  11. You need of Water until submerged.
  12. It's of Prep before AFing.
  13. You need of as needed, fine salt for meat.
  14. It's of as needed, Rock salt for skin.
  15. Prepare of as needed, pepper.

Haha Lechon Kawali is a crispy, crunchy Filipino dish made by frying pork belly in oil. However, for today's recipe, we will try something different- we will cook it using an airfryer. An airfryer is like an oven that uses hot air to cook. I have a Balzano airfryer, which I don't use much.

Air Fryer Crispy Pork Belly / Lechon Kawali step by step

  1. Brine the pork for 2 hours or more..
  2. Discard brine water. Boil in a pot with peppercorns, salt, patis, a bit or soy sauce and bay leaves for 1 hour..
  3. Discard boiled water. Leave the pork to dry overnight in the fridge, uncovered or a few hours on the counter if you're in a hurry. Make sure it is completely dry before AFing. Pat dry if moist..
  4. If from the fridge, prick the skin of pork with a fork. Leave a few minutes to get to room temperature. Pat dry if moist..
  5. Salt the sides and around. Then on the skin top with rock salt to make it pop in the AF. (Equals crunchy skin) Pre-heat the AF for 5 minutes..
  6. Cook pork belly at 170-175•C for 20 minutes. You can move it around or flip half way of the 20..
  7. Adjust setting to 200•C and cook for 10-15 minutes or as needed, with the skin side near the heating element. You can stop and check by tapping lightly on the skin with a knife to check crispness. Continue if some areas are still soft..
  8. When done, remove and rest on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes before cutting.. Air Fryer Crispy Pork Belly / Lechon Kawali
  9. Cut into bricks and serve with a lemon-soysauce-chili dip or sarsa (drippings) gravy. Enjoy with hot rice or a veggie siding. Plate below is already missing a couple slices LOL....

Serve with lechon sauce or any dip of your choice. Place the pork belly slices in the air fryer basket. This version of the Filipino Lechon Kawali, the classic pork dish was cooked in the Air Fryer for a grease-less entree. The original stove-top Lechon Kawali are pork cubes deep fried in a kawali (skillet). I first boiled the whole slab of pork to tenderize it.