Deep Fried Pork Belly With Spicy Garlicky Tamarind Dipping Sauce
Ingredients:
1 Cup of any crispy frying flour
1 kg Skinless Pork Belly
The juice of 1 lime
2 Tbs finely minced garlic
1 tsp white pepper powder
2 Tbs of Rosdee Ajinomoto Food Seasoning *
Dipping sauce :
3 Tbs chopped chilli ( according to your taste )
3 Tbs chopped garlic
2 Tbs thinly sliced shallot
5 Tbs tamarind puree
3 tsp fish sauce
4 Tbs palm sugar (you can add or reduce according to your taste )
2 Tbs lime juice
3 tsp roasted rice flour
1 Tbs chopped cilantro leaves
Procedure :
1. Marinade the pork belly with food seasoning, minced garlic, white pepper, and lime juice for at least 2 hours.
2. While you wait for the pork to marinade you can start to work on the dipping sauce. Dry fried rice on a pan until they are golden and smell toasted. You can use mortar or spice grinder to grind them to almost like flour.
3. Mixed all of the dipping sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Adjust the seasoning to your liking. The sauce has to have a body, can not be watery or else they will not stick to the meat. Keep it in the fridge so the flavour will blend while you wait for the time to fry the pork.
4. Coat the pork belly with crispy frying flour of your choice then deep fried until golden brown. Wait for few minutes before you slice them to bite size pieces and put them on the plate. Serve them hot with the dipping sauce on the size.
*) In case you don't have the Rosdee Ajinomoto Food Seasoning, you can also marinade the pork with :
5 cloves of garlic
2 Tbs cilantro root
2 tsp white pepper
1 lime juice
2 tsp salt
1 tsp MSG ( you can skip this if you like )
You can either put them in a mortar or use your food processor to blend them well. Massage the pork belly with this marinade and let it stay in your fridge for 2 hours. While waiting for the meat to marinade, you can directly proceed to making the dipping sauce.
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