Crispy Roasted Pork Belly

Ingredients

• 2  bay leaves 
• 2  carrots coarsely chopped
• 2 rib celery coarsely chopped
• 0.5 cup chicken broth 
• 4  garlic cloves crushed
• 1 large onion cut into wedges
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper 
• 1.8 lb pork belly 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 6  thyme sprigs fresh

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• roasting pan
• aluminum foil

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 32
2. Make 1/4-inch-deep cuts in fattiest side of pork.
3. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper.
4. Place in a large roasting pan.
5. Place onion and next 5 ingredients around pork.
6. Pour broth in pan, and cover tightly with aluminum foil.
7. Bake at 325 for 3 to 3 1/2 hours or until fork-tender.
8. Remove pork from pan, and let stand 15 minutes. Discard vegetables and liquid in pan.
9. Cook pork in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-low heat 8 to 10 minutes on each side or until browned and crisp.