🐷🔥 Thai Pork Belly
Thai pork belly is a rich, savory dish made with tender, fatty pork belly cooked in bold Thai flavors—usually sweet, salty, garlicky, and slightly spicy. It’s popular in Thailand street food and home cooking.
🧾 Ingredients:
- 500g pork belly (cut into bite-sized pieces or strips)
- 2–3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1–2 red chilies (optional)
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1–2 tsp sugar or palm sugar
- ½ cup water or broth
- 1 tbsp oil
- Black pepper to taste
- Spring onions or coriander (for garnish)
👩🍳 Method:
1. Sear pork:
- Heat oil in a pan or wok.
- Add pork belly and cook until lightly browned and some fat renders out.
2. Add aromatics:
- Add garlic and chilies. Stir until fragrant.
3. Season:
- Add soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, and water.
- Mix well.
4. Simmer:
- Reduce heat and simmer for 20–30 minutes until pork is tender and sauce thickens.
5. Finish:
- Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Sprinkle black pepper and garnish with spring onions.
🍽️ Serving:
- With steamed jasmine rice 🍚
- With fried egg on top 🍳
- Or as part of a Thai rice bowl
🌟 Flavor profile:
- Sweet and savory balance 🍯
- Rich, fatty, and tender pork 🐷
- Garlicky and slightly spicy 🌶️
- Deep umami sauce
💡 Tips:
- Slow simmer makes pork belly melt-in-your-mouth tender
- Don’t rush rendering the fat—it builds flavor
- Add basil at the end for extra aroma
If you want, I can also give you:
- Crispy Thai pork belly (street-style) 🔥
- Spicy basil pork belly (Pad Kra Pao style) 🌿🌶️
- Or caramelized braised pork belly recipe 🍯
