Can you cook pork belly slices in the air fryer?
How long do you cook pork belly slices in the air fryer?
And at what temperature do you cook pork belly slices in the air fryer?
We have the answers to your questions from our time cooking tasty pork belly slices in the air fryer.
Pork Belly Slices
Thick slices of the pork belly with plenty of fat to render down and make it lovely and crispy on the outside. Pork bellies are relatively cheap meat but with very high-fat content, and the flavour is in the fat, and the pork bellies are bursting with flavour.
A BBQ Favourite
But we decided to cook our pork belly slices in the air fryer. It is winter, and there is no BBQ to cook on; the air fryer is more economical than the conventional oven. Oh, and the air fryer is great for making food crispy.
Pick your slices
The variation in the fat level on the pork belly slices is the deciding factor as to how long to cook them for. It is best to try to pick the belly slices that have a similar amount of fat to each other, enabling them to be all cooked for the same amount of time.
Picking pork bellies with less fat will need less time, maybe half the time we used for the pork belly slices shown below.
That’s not a problem; you can interrupt the cooking by removing the air fryer basket to check its appearance. Add more time or take them out.
Cooking
The meat of the pork belly slices doesn’t take very long to cook, and the fat takes time. The fat renders into the meat as it cooks to keep it moist.
Pork belly slices tip: Cook at a lower temperature than in an oven.
The cooking time for the pork belly slices above was 1 hour at 160°C (320°F).
Less fatty
If your pork belly slices have less fat than ours, consider dropping the time by half. You can check how done they are and cook more, but it is impossible to cook less if overcooked.
Pork belly slices tip: They will look very brown but may still need more cooking. Don’t panic if they look dark. You can take one out and cut the end off to check how well it’s done.
Reduce the time if you like your pork belly slices less well done and still quite fatty.
If you like your pork bellies done more, add more time.
The 160°C/320°F works well to render the fat while keeping the meat tender.
AirFryer Pork Belly Slices Cooking Time:
