Pork belly lettuce cups

Pork belly lettuce cups

Serves: 6 | Preparation Time: 15 mins | Cooking Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ingredients:
  • 1kg Tasman pork belly  (rind on roast, boneless and cut into squares)
  • Oil
  • Salt flakes
  • 1 butter lettuce, washed
  • 1 cucumber, sliced thinly
  • ½ cup red capsicum curls
  • Spring onion curls to garnish

Sauce:
  • 1 cup sweet chilli sauce
  • 2 teaspoons fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoons fresh ginger, grated

 

Method:
  1. Place the pork belly onto a chopping board and pat the rind dry with paper towel, score the pork rind thinly with a sharp knife.
  2. Rub the rind with a little oil and sprinkle with flaked salt.
  3. Place the pork belly into a shallow roasting dish and roast in the preheated oven 240⁰C for 30 minutes.
  4. Reduce oven temperature 180⁰C for a further 40 minutes. Remove pork belly from the oven and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
  5. Cut the pork belly into small squares and place 3-4 onto each lettuce leaf.
  6. Garnish with sliced cucumber, capsicum curls and spring onion curls. Drizzle with a little sweet chilli and ginger sauce.
Results may vary.
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