Name: Air fryer pork belly salad with ginger & soy dressing
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1kg piece boneless pork belly, rind scored (see tips); 1 tablespoon salt flakes; ½ teaspoon Chinese five spice powder; olive oil cooking spray; 1 Lebanese cucumber (130g), sliced thinly lengthways; 1 small red onion (100g), sliced thinly; ¼ medium wombok (250g), shredded; 1 cup Thai basil leaves; 1 cup coriander leaves; 2 cups (60g) baby spinach; 2 long red chillies, seeded, sliced thinly; 1 green onion, sliced thinly; 1 lime (65g), cut into wedges; GINGER DRESSING; 1 stalk lemongrass, chopped finely; 1 tablespoon finely grated ginger; 1½ tablespoon soy sauce; 1½ tablespoon lime juice; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon caster sugar

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Let your air fryer do what it does best and create a deliciously golden, crunchy and perfectly cooked pork belly. This air fryer pork belly with a fresh Asian-inspired salad makes a stunning Christmas main, or a crowd-pleasing family dinner.

Looking for more air fryer recipes, or ideas for air fryer Christmas mains? Or want to make crispy pork belly bites in your air fryer?

Ingredients

1kg piece boneless pork belly, rind scored (see tips)

1 tablespoon salt flakes

½ teaspoon Chinese five spice powder

olive oil cooking spray

1 Lebanese cucumber (130g), sliced thinly lengthways

1 small red onion (100g), sliced thinly

¼ medium wombok (250g), shredded

1 cup Thai basil leaves

1 cup coriander leaves

2 cups (60g) baby spinach

2 long red chillies, seeded, sliced thinly

1 green onion, sliced thinly

1 lime (65g), cut into wedges

GINGER DRESSING

1 stalk lemongrass, chopped finely

1 tablespoon finely grated ginger

1½ tablespoon soy sauce

1½ tablespoon lime juice

1 tablespoon sesame oil

1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar

1 tablespoon caster sugar

Method

Preheat a 5.3-litre air fryer to 180°C for 3 minutes.

Pat pork dry with paper towel. Combine half the salt flakes and the five spice; rub into pork rind.

Taking care, place pork in the air fryer basket and spray with oil. Reset temperature to 200°C; cook for 25 minutes until pork skin crackles.

Reset the temperature to 160°C; cook for a further 30 minutes until pork is tender, or an internal temperature of 70–75°C is reached on a meat thermometer. (Cover pork with foil if overbrowning.)

Meanwhile, to make ginger dressing, whisk ingredients in a small bowl.

Layer cucumber, red onion, wombok, herbs, spinach and chilli on a platter.

Thickly slice pork and place on top of salad. Scatter with green onion and sprinkle with remaining salt flakes; drizzle with the dressing. Serve with lime wedges.

How to score pork rind

A Stanley knife is the best tool for scoring the pork rind; alternatively, you can get the butcher to do it for you.

What to serve with air fryer pork belly

As it is, this air fryer pork belly and Asian-inspired salad makes a beautiful dinner that’s crunchy, zingy, spicy and fresh. Entertaining family and friends? Serve it as part of a feast alongside favourites like barbecued chilli prawns with green mango and coconut salad, barbecued haloumi and zucchini, super easy air fryer bread and a crispy potato salad.

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