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Filipino-style deep-fried pork belly
Lechon kawali
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Lechon_Kawali.jpg/250px-Lechon_Kawali.jpg) Lechon kawali
with rice, dipping sauce and
atchara
pickles
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Alternative names
| Lechon de carajay
,
litsong kawali
(Tagalog)
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Course
| Main course
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Place of origin
| Philippines
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Serving temperature
| Hot
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Main ingredients
| Pork belly
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Lechon kawali
, also known as
lechon de carajay
or
litsong kawali
in
Tagalog
, is a Filipino recipe consisting of
pork belly
slabs
deep-fried
in a pan or
wok
(
kawali
). It is
seasoned
beforehand, cooked then served in cubes. It is usually accompanied with a dipping sauce such as
sarsa ng litson
(lechon sauce) made from vinegar and pork liver or
toyomansi
(soy sauce with
calamansi
).
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When deep-fried extensively until golden brown and crispy, it becomes the Ilocano
bagnet
, a variant of
chicharon
.
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Lechon kawali
is also a common accompaniment or ingredient to stir-fried
water spinach
with
shrimp paste
(
binagoongang kangkong
).
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