Instant chicharon

Microwavable. Chicharon. Yes. Thanks to Filipino ingenuity from down south (Davao!), we now have such a thing as microwavable chicharon. I stumbled upon this at the CITEM Trade Fair that was held at Megamall last week.

Yes. Breathe.
At P260 a box, you get four bags worth of chicharon. The instructions are pretty clear and simple: each box comes with four packs of seemingly inconspicuous pork bits, along with four paper bags. What you do is you lay down the pork bits evenly in a paper bag, pop it in the microwave on high for 2-6 minutes (depending on your microwave’s settings) and wait for the magic to unfold.