Pork belly

Chashu (Japanese braised pork belly for ramen)

To cook melt-in-the-mouth chashu, roll and tie a slab of pork belly, sear in hot oil then slow cook in a mixture of soy sauce, sake and mirin. Cool and chill overnight to make slicing easier.

Cook time: 5 15

Servings: 6 people

Pork and chicken adobo with sweet peanut butter sauce

Cook your pork and chicken adobo as usual, and pour in diluted sweetened peanut butter during the last few minutes of cooking. The result is a rich and subtly sweet stew with all the sour-salty-garlicky-peppery goodness of traditional Filipino adobo.

Cook time: 1 20

Servings: 4 people

Gising-gising with crispy pork belly

A spicy dish from the Philippines! Winged beans, finger chilies, okra, squash and shrimp paste are cooked in coconut milk, and chopped crispy pork belly is added toward the end.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 4 people

Filipino pork adobo (slow cooker recipe)

Slow cooker Filipino pork adobo with rice, egg, tomato slices and fried saba bananas

Save yourself the trouble of waiting overnight while your adobo sits in the fridge to allow the flavors to blend and deepen. Cooking adobo in the slow cooker delivers the same results at a much shorter time.

Cook time: 4

Servings: 4 people

Chinese red-braised pork belly (hong shao rou)

Pork belly slow cooked with soy sauce, rice wine, onion, ginger, garlic, cloves, peppercorns and star anise. Serve with rice for a delicious meal.

Cook time: 1 50

Servings: 3 people