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Inihaw na Liempo Recipe (Grilled Pork Belly)

Inihaw na Liempo or Grilled Pork Belly needs no introduction at all. The name of the dish already defines itself. This is one good food that I really like because of its simple preparation and magnificent taste.

I love eating liempo the “kamayan” way. I just make sure that my hands are all clean and that the suka (vinegar) and ensalada (salad) is within my reach.

Try this simple Inihaw na Liempo recipe.

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By: Vanjo Merano 20 Comments Updated: 9/16/18

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Inihaw na Liempo is known as Grilled Pork Belly in Filipino. This dish needs no introduction at all because the name of the dish already introduces itself. Inihaw na Liempo is also a popular and favorite dish in the Philippines; in fact, there were several dishes that makes use of this dish as its component. Sinuglaw and Special Tokwat baboy are few of the examples.

Grilled Pork Belly Liempo

Inihaw na Liempo is something that I enjoy to have. It is prepared in a simple manner and the cooking process is not complicated, but it is full of awesome flavor.I love to eat liempo with steamed white rice along with a dip composed of vinegar, soy sauce, and chopped onions. Toyomansi also goes well for this dish. Sides such as Ensaldang Talong (eggplant salad) is perfect for this dish — and so is mangga with bagoong.

How do you eat Inihaw na Liempo? For me, I love to eat it the traditional Filipino “Kamayan” way. This means that I eat the meal without using any utensils. Rather, I use my fingers to chunk the rice and meat together and eat it that way. There is an art in eating food this way, and Filipinos are really good with it. There are even times when I try this method even if I am eating sinigang na baboy — it is quite challenging if done with soup dishes or dishes with sauces, but it works.

Grilled Pork Belly Liempo

Try this delicious Inihaw na Liempo recipe. Let me know what you think

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Inihaw na Liempo Recipe

Prep: 3 hours
Cook: 30 minutes
Total: 3 hours 30 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 2 lbs. pork belly
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 1 piece lemon or 3 to 4 pieces calamansi
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 4 cloves garlic crushed
  • 1/4 cup banana catsup
  • 1 tbsp cooking oil

Instructions

  • Combine pork belly with the soy sauce, lemon, salt, ground black pepper, garlic and mix well. Marinade the pork belly for at least 3 hours.
  • In a bowl, pour the pork belly marinade. Add banana catsup and cooking oil. Stir well. (This will be the basting sauce)
  • Grill the pork belly while basting the top part of the pork after flipping it over.
  • Serve hot with spiced vinegar or toyomansi. Share and Enjoy!

Nutrition Information

Serving: 6g
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Vanjo Merano is the creator of PanlasangPinoy.com. His goal is to introduce Filipino Food and Filipino Cuisine to the rest of the world. This blog was the first step that he took.

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  1. Samuel Aaron Felipe says

    Posted on 4/27/21 at 6:09 pm

    5 stars
    I use this recipe all the time when we have cook-outs and grills. Thank you, Panlasang Pinoy!

    Reply
    • Vanjo Merano says

      Posted on 4/28/21 at 7:36 am

      Samuel, you are very welcome.

      Reply
  2. beeisbusy says

    Posted on 12/24/15 at 5:05 am

    Thank you Chef Vanjo for your sharing all your great and delicious recipes. My mom and i.. We’ve been a fan of you and your site for many years now. 🙂 we have tried a lot of your recipes and i can say it really good! Two thumbs up! Merry Christmas to you and your family! God bless you always!

    Reply
  3. anna says

    Posted on 9/6/15 at 12:24 am

    family loves it to the core…thanks for sharing your recipe.

    Reply
    • Vanjo Merano says

      Posted on 9/7/15 at 10:34 am

      Glad to know that, Anna. You are welcome.

      Reply
  4. gina says

    Posted on 12/16/13 at 12:17 am

    I’ve tried most of your recipes and they turned out good. I saw on a Filipino Channel a presentation of BELLYCHON. I tried to copy it but it turned out to be bad and not crispy. Could you please come up with a Panlasang Pinoy version of BELLYCHON. Thanks.

    Reply
  5. Lita says

    Posted on 1/21/12 at 11:11 am

    I agree with Elenor. You only cook the marinade if you’re going to make a sauce out of it. I’ve done it before. Basting sauce is obviously different from dipping sauce. The basting sauce is being cooked at the same time with the meat so it’s not raw.

    Reply
  6. Aikawa says

    Posted on 1/21/12 at 10:38 am

    You can also use tomato ketchup, just add a tablespoon of sugar for every 1/4 cup of ketchup. 😀
    It might taste a bit different, though, depending on your brand of tomato ketchup. 😀

    Reply
  7. lan says

    Posted on 8/25/11 at 11:44 pm

    Is it ok to replace the lemon with orange? thanks

    Reply
    • Vanjo Merano says

      Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:48 pm

      If you do that, the taste will be different.

      Reply
  8. marjs says

    Posted on 3/3/11 at 1:50 am

    woww…its really looks yummy^^
    i’ll going to try this,im sure my
    husband gonna like it^^c
    i will try all of ur recipes kuya~~~
    more power po^^

    Reply
    • Jean says

      Posted on 5/25/19 at 7:49 pm

      It’s good to taste it. It’s yumyum yum..

      Reply
  9. aures says

    Posted on 7/11/10 at 4:23 am

    Hi,

    this seem to be exciting too -- like your others recipes. What brand ( if its ok) of banana catsup do you suggest? I am from the Philippines..

    thanks a lot for your time.

    Reply
    • Panlasang Pinoy says

      Posted on 7/12/10 at 8:21 pm

      I used the “J” brand, aures.

      Reply
      • jade bienvenu says

        Posted on 9/29/10 at 8:01 pm

        j? as in? im wondering if its the one in my mind, coz we always use “joy” catsup. heheh and it really taste good. other than using those other brands….

  10. isa says

    Posted on 5/8/10 at 9:44 pm

    im gonna try this later for dinner ^_^

    Reply
  11. aurora lambino says

    Posted on 4/2/10 at 10:41 pm

    whooops… same sentiment here… i was always taught to throw out the marinating solution and not re-use it in the cooking process…

    Reply
  12. denimjeans says

    Posted on 3/17/10 at 11:06 am

    I don’t have a grill around. Would you suggest any drastic variations if I bake it instead? 🙂

    Reply
    • Panlasang Pinoy says

      Posted on 3/17/10 at 5:35 pm

      Drastic? I don’t have any extreme variation to suggest. You could simply bake this in the oven, denimjeans.

      Reply
  13. CeciliaMQ says

    Posted on 8/25/09 at 7:14 pm

    OMG this one is a killer. 2 serving of steam rice won’t be enough! with matching sukang maanghang na my calamansi…the bomb!

    Reply

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