Pork belly

Vietnamese caramelized pork and eggs

Found in Cambodian and Vietnamese cuisines, this dish of pork cubes and hard-boiled eggs braised in a mixture of caramelized sugar, juice of young coconut and fish sauce is often served during tết, the Vietnamese lunar new year.

Cook time: 1 10

Servings: 6 people

Air fried lemongrass pork belly

Pork belly marinated in minced lemongrass, garlic, shallots, fish sauce and honey are skewered and air fried until golden on the outside and the meat is tender.

Cook time: 15

Servings: 3 people

Pork belly buns

Filipino humba, an adaptation of Chinese red-braised pork belly, meets mantou and Vietnamese pickled carrot and radish in a magnificent fusion version of pork belly buns.

Cook time: 2

Servings: 8 pork belly buns

Crispy pork belly in coconut cream sauce

A spin on the Filipino dish Bicol Express, the meat is not simmered in spicy coconut cream sauce in this recipe. Sauce is ladled in serving bowls, cubes of crispy pork belly are dropped in, more sauce is drizzled over the pork and chili slices are sprinkled in to garnish.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 3 people

Air fried lechon kawali (crispy pork belly)

Simmer a slab of pork belly, drain and transfer to the air fryer. Thirty minutes later, you have perfectly cooked crispy pork belly with crackling skin.

Cook time: 2

Servings: 4 people