Lechon Kawali

I made this for our noche buena, I read kse somewhere that mammals needs to store fats for winter ahahaha for hibernation. Syempre Christmas is a good excuse for cholesterol overload kse when the new year comes nasa top 10 ng list of new year's resolution ang DIET. So we are just trying to enjoy the last few days ng 2010 :D


1 slab of pork liempo
2 Pork Cubes
1 head garlic
1 onion
Salt and Pepper
Oil for deep frying
Sarsa ni Mang Tomas

** Rub your pork belly with salt and pepper, use a pressure cooker to boil the pork to save on gas, what usually takes 2 hours in a regular pot would be around 20 to 30 mins. only in a pressure cooker. Just put enough water to cover the pork. Add the pork cubes, garlic and onion. Don't peel the garlic, just prick the whole garlic head with a fork, try to prick it all over so the flavor will come out, and do the same for your onion, but you need to peel the onion syempre.Pricking is the key word here, this is to ensure that the flavor will come out while boiling.Boil the pork until tender, do not over do the boiling because the meat will come off if it's soggy.

Once done, air dry the pork for a while and freeze it. Freezing can be up to several days or kung nagmamadali ka, kahit 1 hour will do.We don't want any water on it before deep frying, we all know that water causes the oil splatter. Put enough oil on your pan as in enough to cover the whole pork. Teh, deep frying nga diba :D I used a deep fryer for this but if you don't have one, just make sure na your pan has a sturdy cover kse pumuputok talaga sya, try to put something heavy on top of the cover kse it has a tendency na mag fly away mag isa yung cover :D So be very careful. The temperature should reach at least 190 degrees so humigit kumulang mainit dapat talaga. Remember that the pork is already cooked and we are just browning the pork slab until the skin becomes really crunchy.

You know that your lechon kawali is done if you can already see blisters on the skin of the pork. Slice the lechon kawali and serve immediately. Best served with Mang Tomas.