Air Fryer Pork Belly Bites
, Updated Jun 11, 2025
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Chinese style pork belly bites are so easy to make in your Air Fryer! Crispy yet melt-in-the mouth tender with an irresistible sweet-salty flavor that will have you craving more.
Make sure to check out my equally delicious Air Fryer Steak Bites recipe! And for chop lovers, these Air Fryer Pork Chops are the BOMB!
Confession time… I have a large slab of pork belly in my freezer that I have been too intimidated to tackle for a very long time.
And here’s why… Most pork belly recipes seem kind of long-winded. A lot require a lengthy process of braising / slow cooking before frying. NOT these air fryer pork belly bites! This recipe is super-easy and a fabulous way to use pork belly slices.
You can serve my pork belly bites as a starter or appetizer or a main meal paired spicy garlic noodles, or sticky rice and steamed greens.
Air Fryer Pork Belly Ingredients
Here’s what you will need to make our sticky pork belly bites – I used my Cosori Air Fryer, a rack and a silicone air liner for this recipe.
- Pork Belly Slices: Pork belly is basically bacon, before it is cured and sliced. It can be sold as a large slab or as rindless pork belly slices which is what I used.
- For the Asian Marinade: This flavorful marinade perfectly enhances the rich flavor of pork belly. Start with hoisin sauce for its unique savory yet sweet profile, then add dark soy sauce for color and umami. Include minced freshly minced garlic and ginger for aroma, a splash of rice vinegar for delicate sweet tang, honey and brown sugar for sweetness, and finish with toasted sesame oil for a nutty touch.
How to make Air Fryer Pork Belly Bites
Full measurements and instructions can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page. Please take a look at the steps and video before attempting this recipe!
- Combine all the marinade ingredients in a pyrex dish. Add the pork belly slices, turn once to coat and marinate for a minimum of 30 minutes or up to overnight in the fridge.
- Preheat the air fryer to 400°F / 200°C. Place the pork belly slices in a single layer on a rack, or directly in the basket of your air fryer. Reserve the marinade.
- Air fry the pork belly slices for 18-20 minutes, flipping them over halfway through. The pork will be sizzling and browned at the edges and some of the fat will have rendered. Use tongs to remove from the air fryer and cut into bite-sized cubes using a sharp knife.
- Pour the marinade into a silicone air fryer liner, add the cubed pork belly bites and toss to coat. Lower the heat to 375°F / 190°C and air fry for a further 15-20 minutes, turning the bites over a few times so that they crisp up evenly. If the pork is coloring too much or the marinade is burning, reduce the heat a little further.
- Serve your pork belly cubes garnished with sliced spring onions and toasted sesame seeds as a shared side dish or over rice for a more substantial meal.
Recipe Notes
- How long does belly pork take in air fryer? This will depend somewhat on the brand of your air fryer, it’s wattage and so on. I found that while 20 minutes was sufficient for the pork belly to be cooked through, it needed another 10-15 minutes to become tender. By cooking on a rack, we allow for some of the fat to render first. Then the pork is cooked again in the marinade, so it becomes irresistibly sticky, with caramelized edges and moist and tender interior.
- For perfectly crisp pork belly bites, you may need to cook in batches, depending on the size of your fryer.
- Avoid burning Since the marinade contains honey and sugar it is prone to burning. If you notice the pork browning too quickly then reduce the heat.
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Air Fryer Pork Belly Bites
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Ingredients
- 8 pork belly slices , without rind
Marinade
- ⅓ cup (80g) hoisin sauce
- ⅓ cup (80g) soy sauce , dark
- 2 tbsp sesame oil , toasted
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tsp ginger , minced ( thumb-sized piece fresh ginger)
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
To serve
- 5 spring onions , green part only, finely diced
- 1 red chilli , deseeded and finely diced
- Toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Combine all the marinade ingredients in a pyrex dish. Add the pork belly slices, turn once to coat and marinate for a minimum of 30 minutes or up to overnight in the fridge.⅓ cup (80g) hoisin sauce, ⅓ cup (80g) soy sauce, 2 tbsp sesame oil, 2 tbsp rice vinegar, 2 tsp ginger, 2 garlic cloves, 2 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp brown sugar, 8 pork belly slices
- Preheat the air fryer to 400°F / 200°C. Place the pork belly slices in a single layer on a rack or directly in the basket of your air fryer and reserve the marinade. NOTE: You may need to cook in batches, depending on the size of your fryer.
- Air fry the slices for 18-20 minutes, flipping them over halfway through. The pork will be sizzling and browned at the edges and some of the fat will have rendered. Use tongs to remove from the air fryer and cut into bite-sized cubes.
- Pour the marinade into a silicone air fryer liner, add the cubed pork belly bites and toss to coat.
- Lower the heat to 375°F / 190°C and air fry for a further 15-20 minutes, turning the bites over a few times so that they crisp up evenly. NOTE: if the pork is coloring too much you can reduce the heat a little further.
- Serve these Chinese pork belly bites garnished with sliced spring onions and toasted sesame seeds as a side dish or over steamed rice for a more substantial meal.5 spring onions, 1 red chilli, Toasted sesame seeds
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is always approximate, and will depend on quality of ingredients and serving sizes.
Have you tried the pork belly with the skin? How did it turn out or do you recommend?
Do you mean something like this? https://www.supergoldenbakes.com/crispy-air-fryer-pork-belly/
How much is one pork belly slice? Slices can be very varying in size, at least where I purchase mine.
Hi Carin, about half an inch thickness. The weight varies.
Delicious and so easy. The recipe was well explained and timings perfect for me. The only thing I did different was to reduce the amounts as it was only for 2 of us. There was a little too much marinade so next time I will make less. I served it with egg fried rice to which I added a couple of spoons of the marinade prior to serving.
Really good recipe.I made it with both pork and chicken breast and they both turned out great.
This dish was superb, though a little rich with the mentioned spicy garlic noodles, would be better with something more plain