Filipino-Style Smoked Pork Belly Lechon

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Asian Smoke: Thai and Southeast Asian Barbecue from the Curry Boys

By Andrew Ho, Andrew Samia and Sean Wen

Published 2026

  • About

I still vividly remember having lechon on a balmy evening in Cebu, Philippines—the city alive with the sounds of motorbikes and Jeepneys rolling by the vendor—during a backpacking trip around the Philippines with Andrew Ho. The thing about traveling in Southeast Asia is that there is no shortage of incredible smells that usually lead to unbelievable meals. That’s what happened to us on one fateful night. The smell