Crispy liempo (pork belly)

Possibly one of the easiest recipes for pork belly, that you can make even in the comfort of a small studio apartment! (Serves 2)

Ingredients

• 2 slices pork belly; each cut in half (you can also use a chunkier cut, but that will be harder to fry)
• 2 cloves garlic
• salt & pepper
• ginger powder
• 5 or 7 spice powder (chili powder works fine too)
• 1 tbsp soysauce

Directions

1. Boil pork belly until tender and the blood has oozed out (10-15mins)
2. Rub the pork with salt, pepper, ginger powder, spicy powder
3. Pour soysauce on the pork
4. Leave it for like 30 minutes to an hour
5. Prepare a frying pan and fill it with about enough oil to cover half of each belly slice
6. Put in garlic
7. When oil is very hot (put stove on medium high heat) fry each side of the belly for a few minutes, until pork browns and belly skin has become crispy (it will bubble a little). WARNING: BE CAREFUL frying this, because the oil will be splattering quite violently. Use a splatter shield and/or long tongs while frying to avoid hot oil from hitting your skin
8. Discard the garlic
   
9. Take out pork from the pan and serve with vinegar on the side, rice, and ENJOY! :)