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Crisp Roasted Pig's Head

Very good tasting! Outstanding!

 

Yield

12 servings

Prep

20 min

Cook

3 hrs

Ready

4 hrs

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 each pigs' head
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2 tablespoons salt
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½ cup brown bean sauce
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¼ cup bourbon
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1 cup honey
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1 cup water
boiling
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1 tablespoon chinese five spice powder
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 each pigs' head
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3E+1 ml salt
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118 ml brown bean sauce
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59 ml bourbon
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237 ml honey
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237 ml water
boiling
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15 ml chinese five spice powder
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Directions

Remove any hair on head by singeing over an open flame or plucking as needed.

Scrub well (using a vegetable brush, if desired) and then sprinkle with lots of salt, rubbing it into the skin.

Rinse well with cool water; pat dry. Remove any excess fat.

Place head in a colander in the sink and pour a kettle full of boiling water over. Let cool.

Combine the 5-spice powder, salt, bean sauce and bourbon.

Slash the meat on underside of head and rub half of the spice mixture into the meat.

Rub the remaining spice mixture onto the skin. Place head upright on a rack in a large baking pan.

Bake at 375℉ (190℃) F for 1½ hours.

Lower heat to 325℉ (160℃) and continue cooking for an additional 2 hours, or until the meat is cooked through, basting the skin well every 30 minutes with the honey-water mixture.

If ears begin to brown too quickly during cooking period, wrap them with foil.

When head is done, remove to platter and garnish with watercress or coriander.

Chop head into pieces and serve with sweet vegetable relish or plum sauce.



* not incl. in nutrient facts Arrow up button

Comments


rbvanvoorhis@yahoo.com

Where and what are the five spices???

Sean

Five spice powder can be found in the spice section of some grocery stores or bulk goods store (eg. Bulk Barn). You might even find it in the Chinese section of grocery stores.

Here's a recipe to make your own five spice powder.

https://recipeland.com/recipe/v/five-spice-powder-2458

pat

i am thinking of doing a head. can i leave the tounge in and after 3hrs are the brains cooked enough to eat

Lisa   United States

Typically in the US the brains are removed from the head if you buy it from a local farm that raised pastured pigs for sale.

millie

what is brown bean sauce?

happyzhangbo

A popular, rib-sticking noodle dish from Northern ChinaBrown bean sauce is found in jars at most Asian markets. Names of other sauces often used in this dish include yellow bean paste, broad bean sauce, sweet noodle sauce and hot bean paste.

anonymous

very good tasting outstnding

anonymous

snoutstanding recipe

G B

The butcher wouldn't leave the skin or ears on my pig heads :( what is the best way to roast the whole head with out the skin?

anonymous   United States

You need a different butcher. Try local carnicería (most Mexican, Dominican, Salvadoran, Guatemalan neighborhoods) and you'll have no trouble finding pig, sheep, goat, even cow head.

anonymous

What is the honey and water mix ?

anonymous   

Mix a cup of boiling water and a cup of honey together until dissolved, then use it to baste the head.

anonymous New Zealand

What the bourbon for?

anonymous   

Read the instruction.

anonymous

Does yeld mean servings per person per pigs head or....?

anonymous

Mhhh so delicious

anonymous

Why do you rub the salt in ... and THEN rinse it? Doesn't that take away all the salt you just applied?

anonymous   United States

Don't.

anonymous United States

Do you cook it with the brain and eyes intact?

anonymous

Im thinking of giving head to my guests.

anonymous   Australia

Probably not the type they would be expecting.

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 51g (1.8 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 850% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 1165mg 49%
Total Carbohydrate 8g 8%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars g
Protein 0g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0% Iron 1%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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