Pork Belly?

Going4TheDream

I use a few ounces when making stock for certain recipes...seems looking at the other posts that this is a BIG waste!

Beebop

I've been given some Belly Pork slices, and not wanting to ruin a "free" dinner, I was wondering if anyone can tell me what I can do with them. Do I roast them like a large piece of Belly Pork? Would they suit some sort of sauce?
Any ideas much appreciated!

kittycat204

you could roast them. i would be tempted to cook them in a sherry, soy, 5 spice, ginger and garlic mix with some onion. would be great in a slow cooker if you have one. I would serve with pak choi and plain rice. lovely.

Pink.

Hi Beebop,

You'll find lots of advice in this thread:

Pork Belly?

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

babyshoes

Om nom nom! I cut mine into big squares/rectangles and brown it well (quite dark brown in places, but try to avoid black bits) then chuck in some whole peeled cloves of garlic, a good sprinkle of dried rosemary and a bit of red wine to just cover it. Put it in a low oven for ages (1.5-2 hours minimum) stirring occasionally until it is soft and falling apart when pulled gently. The wine reduces to a thick sauce with the garlic, and the pork is rich and soft and sticky. Divine with fluffy mash!

EndlessStruggle

I usually roast it in oven and brush on BBQ sauce for last 10 minutes, serve with fries, corn on cob and home made coleslaw. Lovely american BBQ feel and a really nice treat for myself.

andygb

kittycat204 wrote: »

you could roast them. i would be tempted to cook them in a sherry, soy, 5 spice, ginger and garlic mix with some onion. would be great in a slow cooker if you have one. I would serve with pak choi and plain rice. lovely.

Yum, yum, yum!
I have done something similar to this in the past.
Take the belly strips and cut them into 2" pieces, then put them in a bowl with this marinade:

1 - 2 Tbs sweet chilli sauce
2 tsp soy sauce
juice of half a lemon
salt and cracked black pepper
3 crushed cloves of garlic (keeps the vampires away:D)
1 tsp five spice powder
1 tsp crushed ginger
Stir the pork chunks in this thoroughly, to get it well coated, and then cover and leave in the fridge overnight.

I cook these on a hot grill (on kebab skewers), turning regularly until really dark and caramelised, but you could put them in the oven on a tray at 200c for about 20 minutes.
I might serve them with a spicy noodle and bean sprout stir fry.
They are so tasty.:D

marywooyeah

I've just chopped up some red onion, yellow peppers and put them in the slow cooker with some pork belly strips I got from lidl for £1.40 :jand somethered a whole tub of 90p bbq sauce over it - I'll post back with the results after dinner!

marywooyeah

well it tasted lovely but was a bit fatty so I ended up cutting about half of my meat off but overall was nice.

ostrichnomore_2

Hi

I want to do this recipe http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/9098/sticky-slowroast-belly-of-pork for sticky slow roast pork.
Recipe is for 1.3kg pork belly and says 2.5 hours at 180degrees, then 30-40mins at 200degrees.

My pork belly is only 650g (so about half the size). How should I adjust the cooking time? I do want that slow sticky effect but don't want it burnt/overdone.

Thanks