Filipino
Inihaw na Liempo (Grilled Pork Belly)
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Whisk together the soy sauce, calamansi juice, crushed garlic, brown sugar, black pepper, and banana ketchup.
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Marinate the pork belly in the mixture at least 2 hours, or overnight for the best flavor.
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Grill or broil the pork over medium heat, basting occasionally with the marinade, until charred at the edges and cooked through, about 10 minutes per side.
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Rest 5 minutes, then chop across the grain into bite-size pieces.
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Serve hot with rice and a saucer of toyomansi.
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Serve it with
A Filipino dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Inihaw na Liempo (Grilled Pork Belly), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Inihaw na Liempo (Grilled Pork Belly) carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Arroz Caldo (Filipino Chicken Rice Porridge) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Arroz Caldo (Filipino Chicken Rice Porridge) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 20 g
- Carbs
- 6 g
- Fat
- 50 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 620 mg
- Saturated fat
- 18 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Inihaw na Liempo (Grilled Pork Belly) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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