Slow cooked pork belly
April 29, 2017
Crispy skin pork belly what more can I say ... apart from YUM!
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 4 hrs
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10 mins
4 hrs
4 hrs 10 mins
- Yields: 3-4 ppl
Directions
1Leave your pork belly in the fridge uncovered for at least an hour. (This helps to get the skin nice and crispy)
2Rub the skin with oil and a generous amount of salt.
3Pour the stock into the slow cooker and then carefully sit the pork belly on top.
4Close the lid and slow cook for 4 hours on low.
5At the 3 1/2 hour mark turn your oven on to Maximum heat (approx 240 fan forced)
6When your pork has been cooking for the full 4 hours take it out of the slow cooker and transfer it onto an oven tray rub a little more oil into the skin and more salt then place into your oven and cook until it's nice and crispy this took 25 mins for mine.
7Please read my notes on how to use the lovely stock left in your slow cooker for apple sauce and pork gravy.
Apple sauce
1With the stock that's in your slow cooker reserve about 6 tablespoons for your Apple sauce (if your making it) it helps take out some of the sweetness. I used a jar of apple sauce poured it into a saucepan and added 1tsp butter, salt, pepper, stock and a pinch of thyme and it was perfect.
Pork gravy
1With the remainder of the stock leave it in your slow cooker but turn your slow cooker onto high.
2In a cup put two tablespoons of your favourite gravy powder (I used roast meat flavoured gravox powder) then add 1 cup of boiling water. Mix well then pour it into your slow cooker. Add one more tablespoon of powder directly to the slow cooker and give it another good mix.
3Pop the lid on and leave for at least 10-15 minutes. I got the gravy ready before I put my pork into the oven and it was perfect by the time my pork was ready to come out.
Submitted by Jarrah King
27 Reviews
Clinton
October 24, 2019
My partner and I use this recipe and the other (Slow cooked crispy skinned pork belly) all the time now. Fantastic, never had a fail. I tend to prefer this one with the stock but only just. We now get pork belly from our Asian shop, as their bellies have more meat and less fat.
Cheryl Ellem
September 22, 2019
I made this last night, it was sooo good.
Petra Koetz
August 8, 2019
Thank you I loved it
Skye
July 17, 2019
Turned out perfect!
I had to cook the pork in the oven for an extra ten minutes though to get the crackle crispy the entire way through (had just over a kilo of pork)
But the pork was perfectly cooked still.
Kelly
July 10, 2019
I always use this method, I just don’t add salt into the pork until the end otherwise the gravy is to salty and I place it under the grill and not oven cooked, perfect crackle in 15 minutes 🙂
Phil B
February 4, 2019
I think i must have had a different piece of meat to the people raving about this method…..followed the instructions to the letter and was very disappointed with the result…..soggy “crackling” which was the most important element.
Teigze
February 2, 2019
SOOO GOOD!!! I only had 500g of pork, but went 4 hours and then 30 at high, before 30 in oven…crackling=perfect…pork=pulled apart/melt in your mouth
Emma
December 19, 2018
Omg! This was so good. So easy!
I put the pork in my airfryer to finish the crackle. Only took 10mins!
I made the gravy and that was fantastic turned out amazing!!
Michelle
September 9, 2018
BEST PORK BELLY RECIPE EVER! Plates licked clean at the end! Will DEFINITELY make this again!
Lee
July 1, 2018
What’s size pork belly.
Sharon Hartley
June 7, 2018
I made this last to recipe last night. It took about 35 minutes for my crackle to crackle and the meat was still beautiful and mount in your mouth. I was worried it may of dried it out but, no.
Ashlyn
February 1, 2018
Yummo! Turned out great! I can’t wait to make it again!
Sue
January 8, 2018
Put sliced onions in slow cooker when finished put onions through fine sieve and made gravy how scummy will do belly pork like this from now on
Vanessa Bromley
December 24, 2017
I have a slow cooker that only has a high function so do I half the cooking time?
Carrie
October 21, 2017
Headline says slow cooker crispy pork belly, except the crispy part happens in an oven. Me, I have no oven and depend on my slow cooker only so often i click on a recipe and then im disappointed to find out another appliance is required.
Carolyn Cobby
September 4, 2017
That was amazing we all loved it, crackle was superb, simple recipe to follow. I just strained the juices in the cooker into a pot added a 250 g jar of apple sauce and thickened with flour and it tasted amazing.
Candace
August 28, 2017
Do you cook it fat side up or down and you turn your oven all the way up to max temp!
Tracey Thorpe
August 22, 2017
Yum yum yum!!!!
Easy as.
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
August 21, 2017
Sounds like it needed to be hotter in your oven? I find that’s usually the key to crackle 🙂
Emma
August 20, 2017
The meat was beautifully cooked, however my skin didn’t crisp 🙁
Also made gravy out of the juices, absolutely delicious!!
Kelly Fitzgerald
August 17, 2017
So tender just amazing 😍 Simple but beautiful meal
Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central
July 4, 2017
Hard to know what ‘small’ means but I still wouldn’t go much below the 4hrs stated in recipe to cook it through
Helen Rose
July 4, 2017
Hi i am making this today but i only have a small piece of pork belly how long would i reduce the cooking to thanks
Kim
May 4, 2017
Fantastic recipe – loved it!! And so simple to make.
Kiah
May 2, 2017
Absolutely loved it, simple and easy to make. With satisfying result’s.
Andria Bencich
April 30, 2017
Absolutely love this recipe! So easy to follow. I used Pork leg and it worked perfectly. Thanks so much Jarrah! 😁
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Deb Bennett
April 5, 2020
Beautiful! Only change I made was I rested pork on veggies then transferred all to airfryer for half an hour.