EASY Air Fryer Crispy Pork Belly - 2 Hours Only!

This air fryer crispy pork belly only takes 2 hours to make from start to finish all done in the air fryer. No fridge, no extra oil, no salt crust. Just using the advantages of the air fryer to make a juicy pork belly with a light and crispy skin. Seasonings are chinese style (siu yuk 氣炸鍋脆皮燒肉).
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0:00 - Intro
0:30 - How to choose the best piece of pork belly at the store
0:44 - Making the dry seasoning rub
1:09 - Preparing cut of pork
2:10 - First low temperature, slow roast in air fryer
3:18 - Poking shallow holes into the pork skin
4:40 - Back in the air fryer 250 F for 20 minutes
5:00 - Crisp up the skin and finish cooking at high temperature
6:40 - Pork finished cooking and cutting
6:56 - Fixing the pieces where the skin didn't get crispy
INGREDIENTS:
- Skin on pork belly, flat as possible with even layers of fat and meat (about 2 lbs) Ask for a center cut piece of pork belly if you're asking a butcher.
- Fine sea salt or kosher salt
For dry rub seasoning:
- 2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon chinese five spice
- 0.5 teaspoon white pepper powder
- 0.5 teaspoon ginger powder.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Gather all of the dry rub seasoning ingredients and mix them together in a bowl.
2. Cut pork belly into a piece that will fit into your air fryer.
3. Cut 3 to 4 equally spaced cuts into the lean portion of the pork belly down towards the skin about ¾ of the way deep.
4. Sprinkle the dry rub seasoning all around the bottom, sides, and inside the cuts of the pork belly.
Pat down the seasoning. Don’t get any seasoning on the skin.
5. Get a piece of foil about twice as large as the piece of pork belly and lay the pork belly in the center, skin side up.
6. Fold the edges in to surround the pork belly. The foil edge height should be at or just below the pork belly skin. Pinch and fold out the foil at the corners to make it nice and snug around the pork belly.
7. Sprinkle or rub some fine salt (about ½ teaspoon) onto the surface of the pork skin.
8. Place in an air fryer at 250 degrees F or 120 degrees C for 40 minutes.
9. After 40 minutes, take the pork belly out, optionally sprinkle/rub a few pinches of baking soda on the surface of the pork skin.
10. Use a very sharp tipped instrument like a toothpick or skewer to poke about 8-10 holes / square inch into the skin. Only poke deep enough through the skin and the first layer of fat (about 3 - 4 mm deep). DO NOT poke far enough to hit the meat layer. The juices will rise up and inhibit crisping of the skin.
11. Tighten up the foil back around snug to the pork belly sides. Put back the air fryer at 250 degrees F or 120 degrees C for 20 minutes.
12. After the 20 minutes is done increase the air fryer temperature to 400 degrees F or 205 degrees C. This step will crisp up the pork belly skin. It can take anywhere from 20 - 40 minutes for this to happen. Just check on it every 10 minutes or so and check more often towards the end. The meat should be fully cooked through to at least 145 degrees F.
13. If you don’t see it crisping up evenly you may need to cut those sections off and put them back in the air fryer.
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[@Chow-House]

If you have any tips or tricks for a consistent results to getting crispy, puffy pork belly skin please share with us here!

[@jewish_slave_of_YESHUA_n_YHVH]

Leviticus 11:7-8 King James Version 7 And the (swine), though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; (he is unclean to you). 8 Of (their flesh shall ye not eat), and (their carcase shall ye not touch); (they are unclean to you)....

[@bpregont]

@@jewish_slave_of_YESHUA_n_YHVH More for me.

[@helenalovelock1030]

Someone suggested using baking powder on the skin to make it more crispy but that didn’t work for me

[@carolyntrezona4211]

@@helenalovelock1030 it was bi-carb not baking powder!

[@helenalovelock1030]

@@carolyntrezona4211 ooops 😂

[@MJ-wg6fw]

I use near the same season just with brown sugar also and Italian herbs and also do the bed of foil , what I do is dry it out for about 6hrs with salt only on skin side , then when putting into the air fryer I brush it with white vinegar then 90 degrees for 30mins then put and brush again with vinegar and bk in at 200 degrees for 40 mins and she comes out amazing

[@wl4006]

Just made this roast pork .. turned out perfect! My first success at achieving the perfect crackle. Such a simple recipe! Thank you. Adding this to my CNY menu

[@Chow-House]

Glad it turned out well. Happy Chinese new year!

[@jjlin1061]

Thank you for including the instructions in the description as well.

[@spencerwhite7071]

I just did one in 25 mins ! Totally cooked 100% crackle. Our air fryer is a beast

[@lorraineforster8164]

That sounds like a more realistic cooking time.

[@AllyCatCastle]

This looks so good. You just inspire me to make this. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@StephEatsnTravels]

Your VO is always soothing to listen to! Holy moly 2 hours only!! Love the bubble action!

[@Chow-House]

Thanks Stephie! Your videos are also quite soothing to listen to.

[@AtTheIntersection]

Wow!! This video explains very well the technicality of cooking. Airfryer makes cooking so easy and less messy. This looks so good!! 🤤 😋

[@Chow-House]

The air fryer actually is one of my favorite countertop appliances now. Thank you!

[@mabelchao4519]

The most easy way I have never seen!! 👍👍 definitely worth to try!

[@Chow-House]

Doesn't get much easier than this.

[@TokyoLeee]

Just tried this for the first time today & it turned out perfect

[@donnalynch6845]

Thank you Master of Chow House you explain it a lot better than most , blessings to you

[@ukgroucho]

Thanks for this! Food for thought (no pun intended). Gonna look at how I can do this in my air fryer.

[@AllyCatCastle]

Your voice is amazing too. Thank you for explaining things so well.

[@Chow-House]

Thank you so much! You're very kind.

[@wl4006]

Looks soooo good!! Addikg this to my CNY menu 😋

[@aalegalfocus]

Looks so delicious! Nice to see this air fryer recipe!

[@Chow-House]

Thank you for your input!

[@Wand33]

Made this in my air fryer and we followed everything to a T and wow wow wow it came out amazingly! Thank you, and stellar tips for making crackling!

[@Chow-House]

Yay, glad it worked out!

[@Euniceathome]

Woah!!! the time lapse view, I would much rather have a view window than have to check ever 5-10 min. That crispy hard sound when the knife goes over the skin 😍 I want to try this recipe!

[@Chow-House]

Yeah that window is pretty useful and it looks kind of cool. Hope it turns out well if you try the recipe!

[@florenceaziz6137]

Looks healthy way of pork belly instead of frying. Must try this one.

[@hablin1]

Looks great 👍👍👍

[@withabike]

You are our teacher! Thank you for your hard work! We love you! We look forward to your next works! Your channel is great! We have learned a lot from you! thank you for your sharing! Good luck every day!

[@Chow-House]

Thank you!

[@swexilicious]

Look so yummy. Im gonna try next time. Thank you

[@Chow-House]

Thanks for watching! Hope it works out well.

[@MacDoodle-vj1zq]

Belly-up to the Air Fryer your gonna lovit!, nice work CH

[@spicenkitchen1443]

Looks yummy and delicious thank you for sharing

[@Chow-House]

Thanks for watching!

[@SajeemasPasakdee]

My first cook out went very well. Thanks for sharing tips and tricks. I have been searching for the simple and yummy recipe 😋

[@Chow-House]

Glad it worked well for you first time!

[@peterwilliams8122]

Looks amazing.

[@Chow-House]

Thank you!

[@tonysmooth]

thanks for the recipe and detailed instructions, mines turned out tender and delicious...

[@Chow-House]

Glad it turned out well!

[@lmhayes60]

I can't wait to try this.

[@Chow-House]

Hope it works out well!

[@mrkaic]

Folks..this is legit. Unbelievable. Do it like he says, "no tricks". I have even done this with "Costco belly" that is in strips; cut them in half, 4 pieces Mae a nice rect-like slab. Do the bottom cuts like he says, season in there, and the sides. Follow the tech and the results will be astounding...*sooo* much time saved, *very high quality* results. Not "hype" like MANY air fryer techs and recipes. This one makes you seem like a way more skilled person in the kitchen than required. Highly recommend trying this.

[@Chow-House]

Thank you for the kind comment! Glad it worked well for you.

[@padjack2616]

enjoying it for full support

[@darknessblades]

I am 100% gonna try and make this.

[@Chow-House]

Hope it works out well!

[@theholypopechodeii4367]

This worked perfectly for me, I tried mulitple similar recipes that were good but never perfect. I think the trick that made yours work the best was making sure to only poke the skin a few times, and adding baking soda on the top.

[@Chow-House]

Glad it worked for you!

[@chonzor]

Ahhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhhh. No fridge time and it still got that crispy? Nice.

[@TwinsTry]

it is looking so good! :o

[@au46tro9]

I love pork belly.

[@janettdelaney1292]

I tried it super nice & in the Airfryer, it really does work. I only had to do the extra 20 mins after the 60 mins 👌

[@Chow-House]

Awesome! Glad it worked out.

[@shadowr2d2]

Thank you for posting this video 🎉. You have a new subscriber. Keep up the great work 🎉. That is one crispy pork belly skin. 🍖

[@Chow-House]

Thank you!

[@michaeleber4752]

Amazon has meat tenderizers that consist of about 40 very sharp teeth or pins. They can provide a more consistent creation of holes in the skin for consistent crisping. And also the salt time in the fridge helps as well. But I'm going the panchetta route this time to see if the meat cooks up better while providing a lovely crisp skin.

[@666Brokenman]

this way is better... thx

[@wyatt2439]

I tried this and its crispy and tender on the inside. This is easiest way to make crispy pork belly. thanks

[@Chow-House]

You're welcome! Thanks for trying out the recipe!

[@UteGirlz]

I didn't even do the first 40 min on lower temp. I went straight for the max temp for about 40 min and it turned out pretty good. Added some of my own seasoning on the bottom. Poked some holes on the raw skin and added salt. No vinegar or baking powder.

[@AdyFans]

nyimak Kawanku….semangat terus...Semoga Sehat selalu rejekinya lancar berkah barokah

[@TwinsTry]

omgggg that looks amazinggggggg holy cow. Love the vlog style going to pick your pork belly at the store too! and only 2 hours?!?! omg

[@Chow-House]

thank you!

[@ravindhanoa]

Hi chow house. Can u plz tell me the temperature setting in Celsius? Tq

[@abigailng5176]

That window function looks so helpful so we don't need to keep open the basket and check. Somehow this airflyer reminds me of Halogen Oven.

[@Chow-House]

Yeah it's pretty useful!

[@anakmenuakeranggaschannel4837]

Steady bosku 👍🏻

[@titolerum3352]

Though I used my own seasoning, the preparation and timing was perfect. My REAL CRISPY Pork Belly, first time tried, on my wife’s new air fryer is the best Pork Belly I’ve ever made. Thanks for Sharing this to us 👍

[@Chow-House]

Awesome. We're very glad it worked out!

[@inocensiagomez2174]

Which me luck, I trying it for Super bowl

[@dorritsmedsgard5900]

If the skin isn't crunchy enough, I use my heat gun. It never failed.

[@linkbizkit6865]

i would add cooking oil(any) on top to get it more bubble.

[@antoniopulido4028]

I tried your recipe using a ninja air fryer oven and I think the heating element on the too close to the skin so it overcooked it. The rest of the meat was ok though. Had to get rid of the skin though.

[@Jazzper79]

Make slices in the pork skin before cooking. That is something we do in Denmark - and lots of salt.

[@Chow-House]

Thanks for the tip!

[@ft3917]

i make crisp pork shin on pancheta in a normal oven. or a hot air oven. same technic. and i make the best sauce , by putting some prunes and bele boske apple on the buttom . they give the best taste to the rich sauce. you can boil the skin before , you can do it without boining the skin .

[@anon-le9fp]

Great recipe but I put salt instead using baking soda its turns out so crispy and tasty

[@Chow-House]

Thank you!

[@kevowski]

I use almost exactly the same process but I brush the skin with a small amount of distilled vinegar before the low temp cook and it never fails to produce crispy crackling You don’t taste the vinegar when cooked.

[@Chow-House]

awesome! thanks for the input. will give that a try

[@constancemcguire5870]

We don't dab the grease off the skin with a paper towel between cooking times?

[@Chow-House]

Nah

[@pubgexecutive7276]

Hot tip, in the US you use Fahrenheit. Celsius is used in Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, Australasia etc. basically everywhere else……mention the conversion opens up to the rest of the world!

[@jbarrena9971]

Did you cook the belly in that marinade, or turn off the heat & just let it soak in the bath? Anyone know?

[@Chow-House]

Cooked it in the marinade/seasoning. No need to soak.

[@algernon5776]

Over at Marion's Kitchen she uses a utility knife and a metal ruler to score the pork. I like her method just fyi

[@Chow-House]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@Buck1954]

The reason I buy the pork belly is to get away from the sugar. I've never seen it cooked this way before. Don't have an air fryer or the space for one. Trying to figure out if I can do this in cast iron suspended off the bottom with a grate.

[@valeriedunn2869]

Looks delicious,but my air fryer heat is maximum 200 ?? Which I thought was standard??

[@Chow-House]

Your air fryer temperature unit is probably Celsius. My air fryer is using fahrenheit.

[@dawncorallini9654]

Can you pleas tell me the make of your air fryer please.

[@Chow-House]

Aukey Home and it can be found here amzn.to/3UViVNb

[@pennyscown7675]

I can only seem to find bone in pork belly in my supermarket - any tips on how to cope with the bones?

[@Chow-House]

Not really haha. Just cook it like normal and eat around the bones 😅

[@thegourd]

Great video. Simple and straight forward, however I believe you made a mistake by using baking soda rather than BAKING POWDER! All the other videos state one should use BAKING POWDER. Check it out and then possibly state the correction. Thanks, Roy

[@nightwingvyse]

What if your air fryer won't go that low? Mine bottoms out at 160C (320f).

[@Chow-House]

You can still give it a shot. It'll probably still work. Let me know!

[@kvuk18]

Dude where did you buy the cleaver from?

[@Chow-House]

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[@benjiebarker]

Isn’t baking powder? And can i just cut slits into the skin?

[@Chow-House]

Baking soda. But baking powder is ok, too. You can cut slits into the skin just don't cut too deep to the meat layer.

[@Bojornensjover]

Put hot water and salt in bottom of air fryer cook skin side in water for 30 min ish. remove water make sauce. turn skin side up cook 1 hour super crispy skin every time.

[@Chow-House]

I'll try that out some day. Thanks!

[@TokyoLeee]

I don’t have foil

[@neilwoodmansey9109]

where do you get aluminum foil?

[@Chow-House]

Costco

[@cjack202003]

My bork belly came out just as good or better with only 35mins in air fryer. I went off the video: Best AIR FRY CRISPY PORK BELLY. Recipe by Quang Tran

[@Chow-House]

Very nice.

[@cjack202003]

@@Chow-House Not saying yours is not good. Just saying 35mins on 400F/200C is all you need to get crispy good pork belly

[@Chow-House]

Thanks, we appreciate anything that can help people cook more at home!

[@MrGarkin]

boiling is one of the ways to hydrolyze collogen

[@kkt888]

Why my skin didnt crisped up... it was only hard 😭😭 Is it my Philips airfryer not getting hot enough??

[@Chow-House]

Every once in a while I'll get a piece that doesn't crisp up properly. So, while the recipe isn't foolproof it works most of the time!

[@susancollings9825]

Do you mean salt when you say baking soda

[@Chow-House]

No, I said baking soda because the alkalinity of baking soda should break down the skin more but you can omit it and it'll still be fine.

[@julz77t_homeboy]

Bruhhhh…..I feel like I’m cheating on my man just LISTENING to your voice!!! 😅

[@alexanderreeveshamilton3577]

You should have put white vinegar on first with tiny sprinkle of salt first cook then just dabbing it with oil not

[@Chow-House]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@jasondrage3151]

No salt No fridge No boil Checks kitchen, no air fryer…..

[@Chow-House]

Oh nooooooooooo. Get one 😉 I think the basket style ones are the best.

[@andrewsloane2064]

You said in your intro NO SALT. What does your mixture contain SALT

[@Chow-House]

Some recipes call for cooking the pork belly skin side up with a thick layer of salt on the skin. I find this technique unnecessary. My mixture contains salt to season the meat portion of the pork belly. Sorry for the confusion.

[@ashleyhaley6322]

Most recipes call for a salt crust using a lot of salt. That’s what he’s referring to. Of course he’s going to use salt in general

[@causa2009]

Dehydraaaaaaaatours......like basically

[@czeshirecat6278]

I’ve been a heretic. Pressure cook until the meat is soft then place in a hot oven so the steam in the skin explodes then crisps up.

[@Chow-House]

Sounds good to me! I'll have to give that a try

[@WishFishX]

can't help noticing that he uses the same board to cut the raw and the cooked meat

[@Chow-House]

Nice

[@franksterkb891]

2 hrs ONLY? ONLY?

[@Chow-House]

You know how it is

[@sambomcl]

Followed recipe - didn't work.

[@Chow-House]

Sorry to hear that. In my experience sometimes the skin won't crisp up properly. But, most of the time it works.

[@kevinh8736]

I have followed your recipe to the exact letter and it never works for me. Pork belly is never cooked, never crispy and comes out like a big slab of rubber.

[@Chow-House]

Sorry to hear that. Different variables like the pork belly itself and type of air fryer can sometimes make the results undesirable.

[@randyschwaggins]

Double the cook time

[@boyblaze1170]

I love you honey for cook me this gud pork..

[@boyblaze1170]

My aniboy

[@boyblaze1170]

Ingat kio..kudus noh utk saya.. Bapa kau tingu tingu kau...

[@helenalovelock1030]

Ooops I poked down into the meat 😂😩😩

[@Chow-House]

Oh noooo. Hope it still turned out ok.

[@helenalovelock1030]

@@Chow-House it was ok but will try you method next time. It’s hard to prick the skin though without going too deep

[@lorraineforster8164]

Two hours? That’s a long time in an Air Fryer.

[@Chow-House]

2 hours is less time than overnight last time i checked.

[@lorraineforster8164]

@@Chow-House Do you normally cook overnight? Wow I missed that bit.

[@Chow-House]

😂

[@ct9375]

Nice recipe but your chopping skills can use some fine tuning.

[@billy4072]

Easy? Pmsl

[@Chow-House]

U mad bro?

[@zaida500]

Everything I've cooked in this unit has come out great kzbin.infoUgkxD4Qeo-HRLxMfom_PDinM_SBfes00qJsB ! Everything tastes so good. Some of the recipes I've changed a little to improve the taste. For instance, for french fries which call for no oil, I spray them with olive oil and season them with salt and pepper. They come out great! It makes the best toast I have ever eaten. The recipe I use calls for lightly buttering both sides of the bread. It calls for cooking at 400 degrees for 5 minutes on one side and then 2 minutes on the other side. This time has a lot to do with the kind of bread you are using...so keep an eye on it. Also, the fans in this Ninja are a lot stronger than other air fryers. So lay a metal spoon or something on the bread to keep it from flying around. It's a little extra work to use your Ninja as a toaster but it is worth it!

[@Chow-House]

Glad it worked out!

[@jvkew]

Poke more holes. Make or buy a tool.

[@Chow-House]

Aight

[@robertbroderick203]

Cant cope with the vocal fry

[@Chow-House]

Workin' on it, lad.

[@hangtruong5911]

wrong method

[@DoisKoh]

Baaaaaaaad

[@jericlee1509]

fail :D

[@Chow-House]

What happened? 😨

[@jericlee1509]

@@Chow-House some part crunchy some part very hard

[@michaelpassmorepassmore4296]

You said- NO SALT CRUST/ NO FRIDGE/ NO BOIL, BUT YOU JUST ADDSALT IN THE CRUST. 😡😡😡😡🐖🐖🐖

[@Chow-House]

Just a little bit bro.

[@ludwigwittgenstein2422]

Smug back of the throat type talking

[@ghorpestad]

And only for 2 people

[@Chow-House]

You know how it is

[@paulbutler268]

voo.fyi cool