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Crisp pork belly with spiced apricots
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Crisp pork belly with spiced apricots

7 ingredients Serves 4 openrecipes
Crisp pork belly with spiced apricots

A good cheap cut that cooks brilliantly. To help it crackle, make sure the skin is really dry

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

321
Calories
28g
Protein
14g
Fat
20g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Chard not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1kg piece boneless pork belly , skin scored
  • 1 tbsp Chinese five-spice powder
  • 2 tsp brown sugar
  • 12 dried apricots , halved
  • 1 dried chilli
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 500g spring greens , chard or kale, steamed

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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