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Home cooks are now using their $89 Kmart air fryers to cook the perfect roast pork with crispy crackling every time.

Many Australians have shared their incredible creations on social media, insisting it’s the best pork they’ve ever made and ‘no oven of mine can do a job like this’.

Cooking pork belly in the oven can take at least two hours to get the crispy, crunchy crackling – but the air frying method takes just a fraction of the time to roast. 

‘An hour later… crunchy soft and moist pork belly,’ one cook said, while another added: ‘I tried Pork Belly in the air fryer for the first time and WOW! I will never cook it any other way! Crispy crackling and tender, juicy meat.’

Australian home cooks are now using their Kmart air fryers to cook the perfect roast pork with crispy crackling every time

Australian home cooks are now using their Kmart air fryers to cook the perfect roast pork with crispy crackling every time

Australian home cooks are now using their Kmart air fryers to cook the perfect roast pork with crispy crackling every time
Many have shared their incredible creations on social media, insisting it's the best roast pork they've ever made and 'no oven of mine can do a job like this'

Many have shared their incredible creations on social media, insisting it's the best roast pork they've ever made and 'no oven of mine can do a job like this'

Many have shared their incredible creations on social media, insisting it’s the best roast pork they’ve ever made and ‘no oven of mine can do a job like this’

How to make the perfect pork belly with crackling in the air fryer

INGREDIENTS
  • Pork belly
  • Olive oil
  • Salt 

METHOD 

Pat pork belly dry with paper towel.

Preheat air fryer for five minutes on 200C. Rub oil and salt well into the scores of the pork then place in the air fryer, rind-side up on 200C for 25 minutes, then roast on 175C for a further 35 minutes until rind is crisp and crackling.

Rest for 10 minutes before carving.

The method is very simple, with scores of home cooks sharing different techniques to roast the pork belly in the air fryer.

One mother said she made the ‘perfect crackling’ without resting the pork belly overnight. 

To begin, she rinsed the pork belly, then patted it dry with a paper towel. Using a shark knife, gently score the rind and fat of pork but don’t cut through meat. 

‘I then preheated the air fryer to 200C and while waiting, I rubbed the pork belly down with one to two tablespoons of olive oil, making sure the entire fat side was completely covered in oil,’ she said.

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‘Then I only used about one to two tablespoons of salt to rub all over the fat making sure to get salt into the scoring of the skin.

‘Once the air fryer has reached 200C, I put the pork belly straight in as is (no aluminium foil needed) and let that cook for 20 minutes.

‘I then pulled it out and dusted off any excess salt and then lowered the heat to 160C and put it back in for 30 minutes. Pulled it out and rested it on a rack for five minutes before cutting it up. It came out perfect.’ 

Cooking pork belly in the oven can take at least two hours to get the crispy, crunchy crackling - but the air frying method takes just a fraction of the time

Cooking pork belly in the oven can take at least two hours to get the crispy, crunchy crackling - but the air frying method takes just a fraction of the time

Cooking pork belly in the oven can take at least two hours to get the crispy, crunchy crackling – but the air frying method takes just a fraction of the time
The method is very simple, with scores of home cooks sharing different techniques to roast the pork belly in the air fryer

The method is very simple, with scores of home cooks sharing different techniques to roast the pork belly in the air fryer

The method is very simple, with scores of home cooks sharing different techniques to roast the pork belly in the air fryer

To begin, patted pork dry with a paper towel. Using a shark knife, gently score the rind and fat of pork but don't cut through meat

To begin, patted pork dry with a paper towel. Using a shark knife, gently score the rind and fat of pork but don't cut through meat
Place in the air fryer, rind-side up on 200C for 25 minutes, then 175C for a further 35 minutes until rind is crisp and crackling

Place in the air fryer, rind-side up on 200C for 25 minutes, then 175C for a further 35 minutes until rind is crisp and crackling

Many said the air fryer method is a ‘game changer’, while others said they will never use an oven to roast pork crackling again

Another home cook said she rested her pork belly in the fridge overnight after putting it dry with a paper towel.

‘Tried the pork belly in the air fryer, absolutely amazing! Going to use the air fryer from now on! This is what I did. Pat dry with paper towel, cut skin and put in fridge uncovered overnight,’ she said.

‘Few hours before cooking pat dry with paper towel again, rub salt in and put back in fridge uncovered. Pre heat air fryer for five minutes on 200C. 

‘Oil and salt pork then put in air fryer on 200C for 25 minutes then 175C for 35 minutes. Rest for 10 minutes before cutting.’

Many said the air fryer method is a ‘game changer’, while others said they will never use an oven to roast pork crackling again. 

‘Pork belly done in my new air fryer and I’m in heaven! How freaking easy is this?’ one said, while another added: ‘I cooked my pork belly in the air fryer and it turned out sensational. It was perfect, not dry but crackle was best I have ever done.’

And one woman said: ‘I have jumped onto the pork belly bandwagon. Seriously so delicious. When I usually make pork belly it is never this good.’ 

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