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Crispy Pork Belly
Chef John
"Thanks to social media, food bloggers, and celebrity chefs with too much time on their hands, pork belly was/is all the rage. It's a common sight on menus across the land, and you can't channel-surf past a food show without seeing it. It also helps that people are no longer terrified to eat a little fat."
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Ingredients
14 h 15 m servings 87 calsOriginal recipe yields 6 servings
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- Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).
- Season pork belly all over with smoked paprika, salt, and black pepper. Wrap pork in parchment paper; wrap a second time in aluminum foil, and a third time in another sheet of aluminum foil. Place pork packet in a baking dish.
- Roast in the preheated oven until tender for 6 hours. Let cool in wrappings to room temperature; place cooled packet in refrigerator and chill for 8 hours or overnight.
- Unwrap chilled meat. Save any rendered fat that falls away when unwrapping pork.
- Cut meat into 6 equal-size portions. Cut 1/8-inch by 1/8-inch slashes in the fat-side of the pork. Season with salt.
- Heat 2 tablespoons reserved pork fat in a skillet over medium heat. Place pork belly, fat side down, in hot fat; cook until well-browned on all sides and heated through, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer pork belly to a plate, drizzle with olive oil and season with pepper.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 87 calories; 7.4 g fat; 0.3 g carbohydrates; 4.6 g protein; 14 mg cholesterol; 352 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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5/21/2015
Well received recipe. Read notes for helpful hints and to save a bit of time.
2/23/2017
Delicious and exactly what I was looking for to replicate restaurant style pork belly apps I have tasted. I didn't have smoked paprika on hand so I combined a little bit of chipotle chili powder...
12/18/2014
I tried this recipe, and it was awesome!! I am a big Pork belly fan while my family is not but the crispy Pork Belly makes the fat more tolerable than if is Braised or cooked differently and per...
6/8/2016
I made this for a gourmet dinner. Served it as the salad course with wilted romaine lettuce made with the fat from the pork belly and some bacon fat. It was fabulous
11/6/2016
This was the first time I cooked pork belly. I followed the recipe exactly. The crispy parts were tasty but I didn't care for the rest. My husband loved it. Next time I will slice it thin befor...
5/18/2016
We liked it. Very subtle smokiness from the paprika. Served it with Chef John's polenta. Good stuff.
2/20/2017
I love this recipe. I did not read it until the day I was making it so I did not let it cool as long as it should have, but it still turned out great! I would have loved a sauce to go with it. ...
4/4/2016
This was really good. It was something different for a dinner meat choice. I purchased a large chunk of pork belly that I make bacon with and I cut a piece from that to make this recipe. I will ...