Jack Daniels Glazed Pork Belly

I saw this video on Facebook and it looked SO amazing that I had to try it! However, I noticed along the way that it would need to be tweaked - a friend also noticed this, so I have amended it for those who dislike having to keep a close eye on new things!
I served it with potato mash and steamed greens, to kind of level out the decadence. Overall, it took about 4.5 hours to cook this, start to finish.

INGREDIENTS:
1 pork belly, approx 800g
100ml Jack Daniels
1 star anise
Salt & pepper
- sauce
100ml Jack Daniels
4 tbspn tomato sauce/ketchup
2 tbspn soy sauce
2 tbspn honey

METHOD:
Preheat oven to 160°C. Grab a medium disposable baking tray (or any tray big enough to fit the pork) and pour in Jack Daniels. Put the pork into the tray and then rub salt and pepper into the rind before adding the star anise. Cook in oven for 2.5 hours.
Allow pork to cool for 1 hour before removing rind and cutting pork into bite-size pieces (around 1.5cm square). Cook in 180° oven for 20 minutes - pork should be starting to have a golden appearance on top. Meanwhile, place all sauce ingredients into a small saucepan over medium heat, and stir until it begins to boil. Remove from heat and set aside.
Increase oven temperature to 190°. Drizzle sauce over pork and then gently mix around to ensure all pork is covered. Return to oven for a further 20 minutes, or until pork is caramelised.
The video served it with some kind of white sauce, but it is also great with a creamy, buttery mash!

Enjoy!

- L. x

P.S. I loved this so much that I forgot to take a photo of it once it was done, aside from the taunting snapchats!