How to Cook Pork Bagnet
This is a recipe for crispy pork bagnet,
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 3 hr 10 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 lbs. pork belly
- ½ cup pork fat or bacon grease
- 2 quarts water
- 1 ½ quarts cooking oil
Instructions
- 1
Pour water in a deep cooking pot. Let boil.
- 2
Add pork fat or bacon grease and then put the pork belly into the pot. Cover and boil in medium heat for 2 to 2 ½ hours or until the pork belly becomes very tender.
- 3
Remove the pork belly from the cooking pot. Let the temperature cool down to a point wherein you can handle it with your hands. Tap the pork dry with a piece of paper towel. Set aside.
- 4
Heat oil in a deep fryer or a deep cooking pot (until it reaches around 350F).
- 5
Deep-fry the boiled pork belly for 15 minutes.
- 6
Remove from the pot or deep fryer. Let excess oil drip.
- 7
Cut into serving pieces. Serve with spicy vinegar or you can also use this as an ingredient to other dishes such as pinakbet and sinigang na may bagnet.
- 8
Serve. Share and enjoy!