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Ingredients

1 pound pork belly, cubed 1 fresh red chile pepper, minced 3 stalks lemongrass, minced 3 tablespoons fish sauce 3 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste 1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG) 1 teaspoon white sugar 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder bamboo skewers ¼ cup fish sauce ¼ cup white sugar 1 fresh red chile pepper, minced, or more to taste 1 lime, juiced 5 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste 1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG), or to taste 1 cup water

Nutrition Info

201 calories carbohydrate: 15.3 g cholesterol: 27.3 mg fat: 10.6 g fiber: 0.3 g protein: 10.8 g saturatedFat: 3.4 g servingSize: - sodium: 2019.6 mg sugar: 9.9 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Combine pork belly, 1 red chile pepper, lemongrass, 3 tablespoons fish sauce, 3 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon MSG, 1 teaspoon white sugar, and five-spice powder in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until marinated, 1 to 3 hours.
Mix 1/4 cup fish sauce, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 red chile pepper, lime juice, 5 cloves garlic, and 1 teaspoon MSG together in a bowl. Let sit until dipping sauce flavors meld, 30 minutes to 1 hour. Pour in water.
Thread the marinated pork belly onto bamboo skewers.
Preheat grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate. Cook pork skewers, turning occasionally, until crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Serve with the dipping sauce.

6 servings

For this dish, we need to prepare two things (1) the grilled pork, and (2) the dipping sauce.