Hey guys, welcome to Souped Up Recipes. I'm Mandy. First of all, I want to say
thank you so much for subscribing. You guys are so nice. I'm so happy
and appreciated that I already got 24 subscribers from my first
video which means a lot to me. Today, it's my second video and I want to share
with you my best Chinese crispy pork recipes. The one that you always see when you walk by
Chinatown. They usually hang it up and you can see the nice golden crispy skin - looks so
amazing, so let's get started by picking a nice piece of pork belly. Make sure you get a lean
one with a clear layer like this and do you see how this part is thicker than the other part?
We don't want that. We want to cook evenly in the oven. For the thicker part you can just fill
some meat off, but I'm going to just cut it, so if it's my oven. These gonna be my Caa Siu save.
Now, we got the really nice piece of pork belly. Prepare a pot with water. Add cooking wine along
with some slices of ginger. Add your pork in. Once it boiled, turn the heat to medium and cook
it for another two minutes. For the dry rub, you will need sugar, some salt, black
pepper, and a pinch of five-spice. Now, our pork is cold, so you take a fork and
put holds on the skin side as much as possible. I'm gonna show you how it looks like. When the
holes are enough, in case yours come out with a tough skin not crispy at all. Good food almost
his effort right? so don't be lazy. This is how it should look like when you're done. Use kitchen
paper to wipe that fat off. Put a pinch of salt on the skin. Give a nice massage and then put
the skin down on clean paper to keep it dry. Cut your pork like this. The space between the
cuts should be 1 inch. The depth should be 1/3 from the cut to the skin. What I have here it's a
bottle of rosé wine. Smells like rose. I'm gonna apply it to the pork. It is a traditional way
to make your pork fragrant. I think you can find this in the Asian market. If not, you can just
use regular Chinese cooking wine. After that, we're gonna season our pork with the dry rub we
just made. Make sure every side is covered well except the skin. Use some sticks to keep the
shape. it is optional. Just in case it comes out with a weird shape. Fold the foil like
a box. Let the skin side be exposed and if you see any spices on the skin, wipe them
off. Let this sit in the fridge overnight. I took it out from the fridge. The skin should
look very dry. Before we put it in the oven we need to put two things on the skin. Back baking
powder it's going to cause a chemical reaction. Make the skin super crispy. Pre-heat your
oven to 400 degrees, put it in the middle, and bake it for 40 minutes. We can go to the
process of getting crunchy skin. You really need to be careful here because every oven is
different. This is gonna take anywhere between 10 to 20 minutes. I find out these quite fun
experiences that you can see how the skin is popping, getting nice golden color, and you're
able to smell it in the entire house. Once you see becomes like this and the sound should tell
you it is ready, but I decide to cook it for another five minutes, so I can get a little bit
of burn on the skin that is my favorite part. whoo! it came out it's perfect. Sticks
should be easy to take off now. If not, that means you need to cook it more.
Places skin down on some paper towel, so you can get rid of those fats. See the cut
with it before you can follow it. Just cut it into the size you want. Actually, the light
is not good. That looks pretty dark. If I can get a hundred subscribers for this video,
I will buy myself really nice light equipment. Put it on the plate. You can serve. See the
brown and burned part? I love that color. I'm trying one. They are so good, but I
can tell with my mouse so just wait. Okay, so it is really good. That's amazing crunchy
skin. Actually, I'm gonna tell you something about the crispy pork. It's not just only
the skin, also what you should look for is the fat layer melting and the lead layer
becoming tender. Absorb all the juice, so it's really about like at the whole balance.
I think I'm gonna eat them all. That means I have to do exercises tonight. I'm gonna run
tonight to make sure I'm not getting fat. Okay, guys, I hope you enjoyed this
recipe. Make sure you give me a big thumb up and subscribe to me and I will keep
making more delicious food for you guys. See you next time.
