Crispy pork belly with tamarind sauce

This recipe combines the juiciness of the pork belly with the crispness of your skin, all harmonized by a delicious simra sash sauce, providing an explosion of flavors.Perfect for a special meal or sophisticated dinner with friends.

## Ingredients

### For the pork belly:
- 1 kg of pork with skin
- 2 tablespoons of salt
- 1 tablespoon of baking soda
- 2 tablespoons of rice vinegar
-1 teaspoon ground pepper

### For the tamarind sauce:
- 100 g of tamarind pulp
- 1 cup of hot water
- 1/2 cup of brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon of fresh ginger, grated
- 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
- 1 lemon juice
- 1 red pepper, finely chopped (optional)

## Preparation mode

### Preparing the pork belly:
1. ** Initial preparation: **
- Wash the pork with cold water and dry well with paper towels.
- Make holes dots on the skin of the belly with the tip of a very sharp knife or a punch, ensuring not to penetrate the meat too much.

2. ** Temperating: **
- Rub the skin with rice vinegar and then mix the salt with the baking soda and rub this mixture over the whole skin.
-Season the meat (not the skin) with the black pepper.

3. ** Refrigeration: **
- Put the pork in the refrigerator discovered for at least 4 hours, or ideally at night.This helps to dry the skin.

4. ** Bringing: **
- Preheat the oven at 220ºC.
- Put the pork belly over a grid in a baking dish with the skin up.
- Bake the pork belly for about 30 minutes at this temperature.
- Reduce the temperature to 180ºC and bake for another 1 hour until the skin is completely crispy and the meat, soft.

### Preparing the tamarind sauce:
1. ** Moisturizing the tamarind: **
- Dip the tamarind pulp in the hot water for 30 minutes.
- Pass a sieve, squeezing well to extract the maximum liquid.

2. ** Sauce preparation: **
- In a pan, combine the liquid of the tamarind with the brown sugar, soy sauce, grated ginger, garlic, lemon juice and red pepper.
- Bring to medium heat, boil and reduce until the sauce thickens slightly and has a syrup consistency.

### Finishing:
- Serve the sliced ​​pork belly with the tamarind sauce beside or drizzled on top.The ideal is to accompany with white rice or cooked vegetables.

This dish is a true celebration of flavors and textures, with the pork belly offering a perfect contrast of crispness and softness, all complemented by the sauce of bittersweet and aromatically spicy.Enjoy every fork!