Air Fryer Crispy Crackling Pork Belly Joint Recipe

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Air Fryer Crispy Crackling Pork Belly Joint Recipe

Air frying is the perfect way to cook a Pork Belly Joint with the crispiest crackling in barely any time at all. A boneless slab of pork belly is easy to roast, easy to carve and ridiculously delicious to eat. It's versatile too and can be seasoned however you please.

5 from 2 votes

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 1 15

Resting Time: 15

Total Time: 1 35

Servings

Author Chloe

Equipment

Ingredients

800 g Boneless Pork Belly Slab - with skin for crackling
1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
1 tbsp Sea Salt Flakes

Instructions

If your air fryer requires pre-heating, start this setting now.
Thoroughly dry a 800g Boneless Pork Belly Slab.
Use your sharpest knife to score lines in the fat if it isn't pre-scored or the cuts aren't very deep. Make sure to go all the way round to the edges.
Drizzle with roughly 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil and rub all over the joint including the underneath and ends.
Season well with roughly 1 tbsp Sea Salt Flakes. Again, don't miss all the sides and underneath.
Place the pork into the air fryer basket with the skin up. If it is a preheated basket, use 2 forks to lower the pork in so you don't touch the hot metal with your hands.
Air fry for 75 minutes at 160℃/320℉.
With this lower and slower cooking method, you do not need to turn the pork during cooking.
Allow the pork to rest for at least 15 minutes. You can either leave the pork in the air fryer turned off or wrap it in foil and cover with a towel.
Carve into thick or thin slices as preferred and serve. Carving upside down is the easiest way to get through the crackling without squashing the pork.
Serve with the juices collected in the bottom of the air fryer basket.

Notes

The air fryer version of this recipe is tested in my Cosori Lite 3.8L (‎CAF-LI401S) which has a square(ish) shaped basket of 21cm x 21cm and 24cm on the diagonal. The depth of the basket is more of an important consideration in this case.
Not all models advise preheating is required. Please follow the recommended instructions for your model. Mine has a specific preheat setting which is 4 minutes at 205c.
For this recipe, I could easily fit this 800g/1.8lb unrolled boneless pork belly joint in the basket. A 1.4kg/3lb joint would fit in this air fryer without issue.
As all air fryer models are a little different, you may find that you can fit more or less in at a time.
Required cooking times and temperatures can also vary between models and brands. If you know that your air fryer runs a little hotter than most recipes suggest, use a lower temperature. And vice versa. Equally if you find that food cooks more quickly in your machine than instructions usually state, reduce the cooking time (or check it earlier) and vice versa.

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