Chilli Caramel Pork Belly with Apple and Herb Salad

Ingredients

• 1 kg piece of boneless pork belly
• 1 cup rice flour
• 2 tbs Chinese five spice
• 1 tbs salt
• 750ml vegetable oil for frying
• 350g caster sugar
• 150mls water
• 2 birdseye chillies, sliced
• 10 star anise
• 75ml fish sauce
• 2 cups finely shredded Chinese cabbage
• 1 cup picked coriander leaves
• ½ cup picked thai basil
• ½ cup picked mint leaves
• 1 green apple, julienne, cut your apple at the last minute to avoid browning
• 1 long red chilli, finely sliced on an angle
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1 tbs fish sauce
• 1 tbs castor sugar