Lechon Kawali & Lechon Paksiw

Lechon Kawali

I would like to share with you an easy Lechon Kawali recipe.


You will need:

1.5 lbs pork belly
half cup chopped garlic
2 medium onion, sliced
3 tbsp salt
1 tsp black pepper


Boil the pork belly in 1 to 1.5 liters of water. Add the garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Simmer for 1 to an hour and a half to achieve the desired tenderness of the pork belly

Place the pork belly in the rack and broil for 20 minutes, 10 minutes for each side.

After 20 minutes it should look like this.

If you will be using a convection oven, preheat to 475°F. Cook in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

Let it cool for 10-15 minutes before slicing.

Lechon Kawali

Now, for the Lechon Paksiw you will need:

1.5 lbs lechon, sliced (use the lechon kawali recipe above, set aside the broth or soup for the sauce)
half cup liver spread
2 tbsp soy sauce
half cup vinegar
half cup bread crumbs
pinch of salt
dash of black pepper
2 tsp brown sugar
2 cups pork broth
1 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp garlic powder or 2 cloves garlic, chopped


Bring the pork broth to boil. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 2 minutes while stirring occasionally.

Dissolve the cornstarch in 3-4 tbsp of warm water and add to the sauce.

You can add as much sugar and salt depending on how sweet or salty you want your sauce to be.

Pour the sauce over the sliced lechon.

Lechon Paksiw