Kilawin: Grilled Pork, Punchy Sauce, Can't Lose

Ingredients

• For the Inihaw Na Liempo
• water
• Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volume or an eq
• tablespoons fresh lemon juice from 1 lemon
• tablespoons sugar
• teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• pounds boneless, skin-on pork belly, cut into 2-inch-wide by 4-inch-long blocks
• For the Kilawin
• large red onion , thinly sliced
• medium garlic cloves , minced
• sukang Iloko vinegar
• tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
• teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use half as much by volum
• teaspoon sugar
• scallion, thinly sliced on a bias, for garnish