Crisp Roasted Pig's Head
Very good tasting! Outstanding!
Ingredients
| 1 | each |
pigs' head
|
* |
| 2 | tablespoons |
salt
|
|
| ½ | cup |
brown bean sauce
|
* |
| ¼ | cup |
bourbon
|
* |
| 1 | cup |
honey
|
|
| 1 | cup |
water
boiling |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
chinese five spice powder
|
* |
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.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 51g (1.8 oz)
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Where and what are the five spices???
over 13 years agoSean
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
over 13 years agopat
i am thinking of doing a head. can i leave the tounge in and after 3hrs are the brains cooked enough to eat
over 13 years agoTypically in the US the brains are removed from the head if you buy it from a local farm that raised pastured pigs for sale.
LisaUnited States
- over 1 year ago
millie
what is brown bean sauce?
over 12 years agohappyzhangbo
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.
over 12 years agovery good tasting outstnding
over 9 years agosnoutstanding recipe
over 8 years agoG 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?
about 8 years agoYou 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.
- about 1 month ago
What is the honey and water mix ?
over 5 years agoMix a cup of boiling water and a cup of honey together until dissolved, then use it to baste the head.
New Zealand
What the bourbon for?
almost 5 years agoRead the instruction.
Does yeld mean servings per person per pigs head or....?
almost 4 years agoMhhh so delicious
almost 3 years agoWhy do you rub the salt in ... and THEN rinse it? Doesn't that take away all the salt you just applied?
over 2 years agoDon't.
- 4 months ago
United States
Do you cook it with the brain and eyes intact?
over 2 years agoIm thinking of giving head to my guests.
8 months ago