🐖 A Better Way to Fry Pork Belly! (南乳炸五花肉)

Watch my dad teach us how to make Hakka styled fried pork belly. If you haven’t tried fermented beancurd, it’s the secret to making this fried pork belly so savory and delicious!
Red Fermented Bean Curd: amzn.to/47RLNvk
Learn all about fermented flavors in our "Elements of Funk" course - inside the Canto Cooking Club: bit.ly/3RlxQR6
------
🍴 RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴
Check out our blog for an adjustable list of ingredients and step-by-step videos:
madewithlau.com/recipes/fried...
🙏 SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL 🙏
If you enjoy these videos and want to support us being able to continue creating content for many years to come, we’d love for you to consider becoming a patron of Made With Lau.
/ madewithlau
👋 CONNECT WITH US 👋
/ madewithlau
/ madewithlau
/ madewithlau
/ madewithlau
------
🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳
- Electric Burner: geni.us/electricburner
- Gas Burner: amzn.to/3OJJ68q
- Non-Stick Wok: geni.us/nonstickwok
- Carbon Steel Wok: geni.us/carbonsteelwok
- Non-Stick Pan: shrsl.com/305jb
- Carbon Steel Pan: shrsl.com/305j9
- Stainless Steel Skillet: shrsl.com/305j8
- Cookware Set: shrsl.com/305j7
- 8 Quart Pot: shrsl.com/305j6
- Cookware Collections: shrsl.com/305j5
- Pan Protector: shrsl.com/305j0
- Carbon Steel Seasoning Wax: shrsl.com/305iz
🔪 KNIVES WE USE/LOVE 🔪
- Dad's 40 year old Chinese Chef Knife: geni.us/dadschefknife, geni.us/Vtjn
- Chef Knife: shrsl.com/305is
- Santoku Knife: shrsl.com/305iu
- Starter Knife Set: shrsl.com/305iw
- Sharpening Stone Set: shrsl.com/305iy
👨‍🍳 KITCHEN ACCESSORIES WE USE/LOVE 👨‍🍳
- Magnetic Knife Strip (storage): shrsl.com/305j3
- Cutting Board: shrsl.com/305j2
- Instant Read Thermometer #1: geni.us/bluetooththermometer
- Instant Read Thermometer #2: geni.us/wirelessthermometer
- Food Scale: geni.us/ourfoodscale
🍜 DAD'S SPECIAL INGREDIENTS 🍜
If you don't live near an Asian market, you buy these online / on Amazon:
- Sesame Oil: geni.us/bPkD
- Handcrafted Soy Sauce: bit.ly/handcrafted-soysauce
- Light Soy Sauce: geni.us/h5GrZ
- Light Soy Sauce (Handcrafted): bit.ly/premiumlightsoysauce
- Dark Soy Sauce: geni.us/VIgg0
- Dark Soy Sauce (Handcrafted): bit.ly/premiumdarksoysauce
- Rice Cooking Wine: geni.us/ZHJK
- Premium Oyster Sauce: bit.ly/gfoystersauce, geni.us/BplS8
- Chili Oil: geni.us/DX1vm
- Hoisin Sauce: geni.us/lmBz0
- Chicken Bouillon: geni.us/2Eu7CU
- Shaoxing Cooking Wine: geni.us/M93Zer
Options for Vegetarian Oyster Sauce
- geni.us/evyhI
- geni.us/nf17
Options for Gluten Free Oyster Sauce
- bit.ly/gfoystersauce
- geni.us/C9ABB
Note: These links are affiliate links, which means that if you use our links to purchase these ingredients, our family earns a small amount for the sale - at no extra cost to you. If you use these links, we really appreciate the support!
------
🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗
曼食慢语 Amanda Tastes: • 明朝的微生物实践课：自制玫瑰腐乳Fermen...
Dianxi Xiaoge: • 腌制了9个月的豆腐乳，用它拌沙拉、蒸扣肉、炖...
------
⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲
00:00 - Prepare pork belly
01:28 - Prepare marinade
02:13 - Marinate pork
02:47 - Prepare batter
03:37 - On batter ratios & adding water
04:11 - Heat wok & coat pork belly
04:42 - Add oil
05:12 - Fry green beans
05:25 - Fry pork belly
05:53 - On fermented bean curd
06:51 - Second fry
------
💛 OUR FAMILY 💛
Learn more about the Lau family, and why we started this channel + blog:
madewithlau.com/family
-----
🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵
Produced by Randy Lau
Edited by Willard Chan, Nicole Cheng
Translation by Arlene Chiu, David Loh
Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau
Copyright Chillhop Music - chll.to/49e6fa9c
Copyright Chillhop Music - chll.to/4ca8cc15

[@MadeWithLau]

Join the Canto Cooking Club: bit.ly/47wNazL Get the full recipe: madewithlau.com/recipes/fried-pork-belly

[@jetw9522]

Randy, You are so lucky to have a Masterchef daddy to feed you fried pork belly!🤩🥹 I was so jealous that I had to make it right away and used my non-dominant hand to feed myself and pretended that my dad was feeding me😅😅 好中意聽劉伯用廣州話耐心細緻咁教我哋，每次睇你哋嘅videos 都覺得好親切，好似同親人一齊咁樣🥰。祝劉伯身體健康，龍馬精神！❤🙏祝你哋嘅頻道越辦越紅火！❤🙏 跟咗你哋三年，從一開始嘅百幾人到而家迅速升到將近150萬 Subscribers, 真係為你哋興奮同高興🥳🥳💃💃

[@Peteiiis]

Make a video of making "LAP YUK" please.

[@denisebrownstone1751]

I left what I was watching when I saw you had a new posting 😂

[@goodguyaus]

Haha, same! Saw that it was a dish grandma used to cook (with love), and hotfooted my way over here.

[@MadeWithLau]

Awwww y’all are the best!! Thanks for tuning in!

[@christineteoh1230]

It’s the dish I was looking forward to learn. Thanks Uncle Lau! 🙏

[@annunacky4463]

I left a playoff deciding football game for this also!

[@cchoi108]

Same here! Who wants to watch stuff about the economy when you can salivate over pork belly! Costco in the title makes it even more enticing lol.

[@ionecuff6323]

I love your channel! Your Dad is an amazing Chef and mentor! I like how explains the importance of each step in the cooking process. Thank you for another amazing and delicious looking recipe. By the way, YOUR CHILDREN ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND ADORABLE!!

[@BerkshireBitch]

and he is as cute as a button!

[@Flashiest88]

I really appreciate you taking the time to show us all this. It's really leveled up my cooking game and drive to cook.

[@fayegee2345]

What an amazing family ..Randy you and dad are a great team....and daddy lau is amazing with his cooking. Love these videos and learning how to enhance my chinese cooking since my own baba is no longer here. Keep up the great cooking daddy lau

[@coolnewpants]

I appreciate that you show the shopping for the ingredients bit and the actual product labels. Makes shopping for ingredients less intimidating

[@yarr_]

This has quickly become one of my favorite channels. You guys make a good team and I take his word in the kitchen as scripture now 🤣

[@debbielow4847]

Love watching your dad! So lucky to have a great cook in the family. Always get to eat delicious food 😊

[@telomeke3157]

Hakka _nam yuu pork_ is one of the most delicious dishes I have ever eaten, and I cannot thank you enough for sharing the recipe and enabling me to make it at home now! 😍

[@kongfish2481]

I will try to cook this for sure, it looks so good and temping 😋Thank you Chef Lau and Mr Lau for such great cooking demonstration By the way, it's so nice to see the bonding of father and son through cooking. Lovely family

[@NorthernDoorAutumn]

Love finding new recipes on your channel! So thankful. Today before school, my boys asked if I would make egg foo young for dinner tonight, because I tried your dad’s recipe from forever ago and it was PERFECT! Now we make his recipes all the time. 🫶

[@fillistine]

The recipie was AMAZING! I will cook it again!! Thank you, Chef❤

[@MikeTheD]

This old dude is such a badass and a master of his craft. Much respect.

[@jonathanguo1512]

Not sure if you have done this before, but I would love to see if your dad could adapt a method to air fry his dishes with. I understand it wouldn't be traditional, but I would love to see how he might adapt his batter or recipe.

[@WabacControl]

This easy to prepare dish was a hit with the family. Definitely will be serving this again.

[@hernanlecea7041]

You have a great family! I love watching your Dad cook.

[@tmlau23]

These Costco videos are great! I'm learning a lot!

[@fool4coffee]

I was told Hakka is the soul food of Cantonese cuisine. Thanks for introducing this to me.

[@TCY-jn9nw]

Hakka is a mix of chineae and idian

[@jasminehowell8277]

I have been making the same with chicken wings for a long time. Either deep fried or air fried. Delicious.

[@frankliew6965]

Besides the great recipe, it was lovely to see how the kids have grown .

[@kyenth7479]

I've always wondered what this fermented reddish pork I've had back home in GZ. Thank you for enlightening me!

[@catchnkill]

Actually the pork is not fermented. The pork just gets its reddish colour from the fermented tofu i.e. the sauce. The red fermented tofu has very strong colour and flavour. The secret is the usage of Monascus purpureus, a kind of fungi in the fermentation. Because the fungi can produce harmful toxin it is now quite debatable in western world in the safe use of the fungi.

[@qd8775]

I can't wait to cooked this. Looks so good

[@jaywhy2016]

My grandma use to make something like this and I loved it as a kid. Thanks to you, I now know how to make it 👍

[@aceman2790]

Thank you so much for the lessons....bean urd can't wait to try this one ... A master class

[@CharmaineKwong]

Just made this for dinner tonight. Your videos should come with a warning that it's so delicious you might not stop eating. Bad for my diet but great for my soul. 🤣 Thanks for the awesome videos!

[@RhysoTV]

Oh my god, this looks incredible.

Magical video. 🤗

[@phenglee6084]

These are awesome videos. Meat we can get from stores we shop at and make it in our kitchen without breaking the bank. Keeping it simple and keep these up.

[@simonoxley3711]

Love this channel. Thank you

[@mamaconnieskitchen8302]

hi Papa Lau, thank you for showing us all about fermented beancurds.....and Moi Moi stealing the show at end.

[@TinMan-kd2gv]

That fermented tofu I’m sure it makes a difference in flavor. Gotta try this recipe ❤

[@AliasHSW]

I swear every time I think of a certain dish - and 💥 you guys drop a video on it.

[@cbc9002]

Love your dad site.

[@robertamckeon5082]

So sweet! Family.

[@RainbowRandolf]

The bilingual nature of this is fantastic. A great way to present information across cultural gaps!

[@klaush.6662]

I was Thinking, by making all those good recepiese You and Your dad , this format, will be watched long afterbYou both have moved on to sky country. You got a good formula on hand. Your Cooperation will be appreciated even Your dad run out of Ideas. Love rwatching your bond with Your Dad. Klaus. a. Vancouverite

[@aarikaravelle1018]

Thank you for showing me how to pick the right pork belly package at Costco!

[@roki5337]

Baby girl at the end... awwww!

[@SincerelyLGS]

Hi, is there a recipe for bbq duck? Making your dads general tso tomorrow. Just found you and subscribed. Your awesome dad. Thanks from Toronto ❤

[@JW0312]

睇到都想食😋，每次睇完都好肚餓🤤

[@MadeWithLau]

好多謝您嘅支持！老劉㊗️您和家人健康快樂！

[@AP-yt4oo]

Hi guys! Can I suggest Daddy Lau tackle the Hakka kau nyuk (taro and pork belly) next please? 😃

[@idontwantahandle._.]

Made it halved last night. It was good and solid. Cooked up nice and had a strong red bean taste. Definitely a future recipe. I call it an appetizer because I don't think I would want to eat a lot of it.

[@user-rd8me6pv5i]

Вкусно, очень, приготовлена свиная грудинка:! Спасибо шеф! 👍👍Delicious, very cooked pork belly:! Thank you boss!👍

[@maxdavis4431]

You should make a cook book it would be so good

[@juliaangelicaa5395]

I only use avocado oil for high heat cooking. Corn oil is highly inflammatory 😏 Thank you for sharing your dad's recipe 😋. I will try to make it tonight.

[@fillistine]

I have fermented bean curd on my shelf. I will try this❤

[@MadeWithLau]

Do it! It’s so easy!

[@jerrycurls88]

let us know how you like this. fermented bean curd is one of the most chinese ingredients around.

[@fillistine]

@@MadeWithLau I am buying the pork today. How long you season meat for? We Jamaicans season overnight. Sometimes if we are in a hurry we can let it season for an hour

[@kevinkev1530]

Great thank you

[@lesimkien724]

Thank you!

[@mmtan6987]

Your dad is adorable ❤

[@Nermal2961]

Yall definitely need to do a cookbook

[@graemecheung8822]

It would be great for your dad to share his home made red fermented tofu recipe, as I would love to try and makes some .

[@pastasoo]

he was using store-bought, majority of chinese people use store-bought fermented tofu, we don't make our own

[@standardprotocolformat6090]

Great food!

[@ravellaloo5401]

Love this. More tofu recommendations please

[@robinbhairosingh7487]

Very nice job 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤👍👍👍👍

[@Zaxbox]

I'm saving this video. Even though I don't deep fry anything I do have a wok and I would give this method a try. I buy the Costco pork belly occasionally and I usually air fry the pieces. Apparently my pieces are too think according to this video because they seem to turn into little meat knobs. I tried baking them and it was not good at all because of the meat cooks faster than the fat. But my air fryer never really gets that nice crunchy skin on it either. Sort of, meh. So I'll keep this in mind for the next time. I will need to pick up a few ingredients from the local H-Mart but they should be easy enough to find. Thanks you for the video. They are really great!

[@astrangerwhostaysforawhile987]

Yummy nanru pork. The restaurant I frequent to serves exact same way (appearance-wise) like Daddy Lau did.

[@Rob-rr4yp]

Cna you do more Hakka dish? Its hard to learn them since Hakka is hard to learn outside Taiwan evem though my family is Hakka

[@mrbananapants5935]

Pork belly is the best. Its better than any steak I've ever eaten

[@im_wildcat]

This is amazing! I’d like to ask one off-topic question here: Which appliance brands do you recommend in the kitchen? Like the oven, stove, and fridge? I noticed some Whirlpool ones in your kitchen, any comments on that? ☺

[@DiscoCatsMeow]

Well now it's 1am and I need pork belly.😭😭

[@devinbyrnes8058]

I love that I learned how to shop for pork belly, unfortunately none of those ingredients for the sauce are sold locally.

[@fungsum8508]

刘师傅真棒，我在温哥华也要学你做，家乡菜好嘢！

[@MadeWithLau]

好多謝您嘅支持！老劉祝福您闔家安康幸福！

[@drmlzhang]

bless you

[@dubuyajay9964]

Ooh, Hakka!

[@joshuaong5321]

So fancy

[@OvidusNaso]

What luck! I just bought some pork belly on sale! This is the only time of year people eat it in Norway, so I'm looking forward to trying this! What other things would go well with it? Rice? Some kind of sauce? Or does the marinade do all the heavy lifting?

[@mookieeastman9190]

I buy this pork belly from Costco, so many recipes

[@galrachcjtamzin99]

Love this! Any chance your dad can show us how to make the traditional HAM and CHICKEN ROLL?

[@mayg.931]

Delicious 😋😋 young Man

[@nataliehong-wood1759]

yum....!

[@tonytan0]

Hey Shui Kou is from my Dad's village!

[@o_0SOUNDWAVE0_o]

Please tell me where I can buy the cleaver your dad uses 🙏 I love watching your dad's cooking

[@fenli711]

I've been buying the costco pork belly wrong. Thanks uncle Lau!

[@CrazyYorkX]

I was headache that how to treat my remaining pork belly in the fridge then this video comes out 🤩

[@a33vq30dek]

Damn that looks good.

[@wingolden]

Omg, the 2 grand children, the eldest looks exactly like grand pa and the younger one looks exactly like grandma. Both so handsome

[@1970cougar]

can you share the size and maybe the brand of the wire strainer your dad uses? thanks!

[@markshen3280]

Randy and Daddy Lau, do you often buy meats from Costco, or do you prefer to buy meats from Chinese supermarkets ?

[@gracec7414]

非常多謝你的教學！更高興是你教我去Costco點樣買肉類，因為唔住近唐人地方，唔容易搵到廣東人butcher. 五花腩真係唔知點買

[@MadeWithLau]

唔好客氣，好多謝您嘅支持！老劉祝福您闔家健康快樂！

[@jomercer21113]

Pork belly is hard to find around here, and when you do find it, the pieces are about 4x4x2", and prices run $13-$20 per pound!

[@kumbackquatsta]

do more hakka recipes

[@sniperbob1992]

What kind of cooking stove do you use in the video, and is there any concerns about fumes? I love my induction stove, but I can never get it hot enough, nor does the heat wrap around like a flame stove!

[@user-hh2uj9ku4o]

Make extra! It's great cold, added to chow fun, etc.

[@fungyup]

多謝劉師傅又一道好餸！但如果怕五花腩太肥，有無建議用其他邊個部位既肉取代都可以？

[@MadeWithLau]

好多謝您嘅支持！如果怕五花肉太肥，可試試用梅頭肉來做，切厚片四分一英寸左右吧。口感比五花肉略差一點，但顯甘香。老劉祝福您闔家健康快樂！

[@joshbond8391]

Question, is rice flour a suitable substitute for corn starch in this recipe?

[@hxmeteor]

looks great! 很想尝试，不过头疼如果处置那锅油。 😀

[@MadeWithLau]

非常感謝您的支持！炸過的油用來炒菜煮餸很香。老劉㊗️您和家人健康快樂！

[@12xXDudeXx12]

Is there anyway this could be down in the Air-Fryer ?

[@oceanez303]

救命这个看着好好吃，感觉餐厅里也没有见过，可是自己油炸太难了。 OMG this looks so delicious, I feel like I haven't seen it in any Chinese restaurant in US, but frying it myself seem too difficult.

[@MadeWithLau]

非常感謝您的支持！老劉祝福您與家人健康快樂！

[@benfowler8600]

This reminds me a bit of double cooked pork. Is that a fair comparison to make or is this completely different?

[@gbell8112]

Omg can I come live with yall, please ?

[@chungkeokchoo1554]

I am still looking for your Curry chicken recipe

[@stariyczedun]

No way to get red bean curd where I live 😅 Could I replace it with any preserved chinese bean curd?

[@stagwong]

Hi, saw yr receipe which said 5 teaspoons of baking powder but the video showed only half teaspoon baking powder. Is that a typo error? Thanks,

[@chaowu531]

我细细个屋企会整咸虾酱蒸五花腩，请问先生能否出个教程？

[@MadeWithLau]

係呀，呢個餸好好味呀。遲啲按排時間吧。好多謝您嘅支持!老劉祝福您闔家安康快樂！

[@jameslau5484]

Can this be done with air fryer?

[@gregorkrause]

fact: #porkbellymakeslard and lard was made in hard times, especially in the depression era.

[@davu5637]

Costco pork belly smells!!!!

[@TScott-zx8gt]

My Costco has started carrying SKIN-ON boneless pork belly!!!

[@The.Drunk-Koala]

Had pork belly once, I will never eat it again.

[@ruthtaylor3935]

Mr Lau are you from the Hakka clan ?

[@ChungshanStory]

Don't talk that b$ topic in front of Toishan (Can't u heard that strong accent ?) descent . Google "Punti-Hakka Clan Wars" for details. Those unwellcomed ppl are kicked to 赤溪镇 Chixi Town & Guangxi. 實行土客分治73年間，新寧縣的土人與赤溪縣的客家人間有來往，但不通婚。以後隨著時光的消逝，土客之間隔閡漸消。新中國成立後的1953年，赤溪撤縣為區，重歸一縣管轄，從此關係密切，互通婚姻