I have been missing the family lately so I made food that made me think of family; Chinese crispy pork belly, also known as siu yuk. “siu” means roast and “yuk” means meat = roast meat! I got the recipe from Marion’s Kitchen, her video recipe is here
Or if you prefer a written recipe
Chinese Crispy Roast Pork – Marion’s Kitchen
It was such a simple recipe and you should already have all the ingredients in your pantry; salt and Chinese 5 spice!
It was a success for a first timer making crispy pork belly. The skin was crispy and the meat was still so tender! Chinese people usually dip the meat in hoi sin sauce but I dip mine in white sugar. I was taught this by my dad and in my opinion it’s better than hoi sin sauce, but why don’t you try both and see which one you prefer.
I didn’t just eat pork belly for dinner, I actually made more food to make it into a more family affair (even though it was just me!). We usually have a couple of main dishes and some side dishes, so as I was only cooking for myself I had 2 main dishes and 1 side.
When you eat as a family, you can pick and choose what you want from the middle and everyone would have their own individual rice bowl. Sometimes there would be soup as well but I didn’t have time to make a soup on top of everything I just made haha. This is what I miss, everyone sat together having dinner and catching up!
What do you do when having a family dinner? Leave me a comment.
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