I am typically bored on weekends and through my boredom I say I want to cook something! Does this ever happen to you? Then it came to me, Pork Belly! So I ran to the store and picked me up some Pork Belly. There was only one problem, how the hell do I make this? LOL! I have always seen the cooking of this meat in such a fancy way and I wanted to know what it was all about. I looked up a recipe and got started. I found some pros and cons with recipe and cooking experience. I also took small video clips of the different stages of the pork belly preparation. This was such a fun way to make such a tender piece of meat and I am so excited to share with you all how it was done.
I went to Costco and I brought some pork belly. I tried to find pieces that had good fat to meat ratio. I was realizing when sorting through the different options that some pieces had a lot of fat and very little meat. However, I did find a few packs that met my standards. After finding the pack of meat. I paid for it and went home. Also you can go to your butcher and have them cut you some pork belly with a nice ratio of meat to fat. It will save you time looking like I was.
When I got home I looked for a minimalist recipe for the pork belly. I came across this recipe to roast it.
- 1 pound skinless pork belly
- 2 teaspoons fine salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- a few grinds of black pepper
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Season pork belly with salt sugar and a few grinds of black pepper. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
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Preheat oven to 450°F.
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Roast pork belly for 30 minutes, fat side up. Reduce heat to 275°F and roast for an hour or more, until tender but not mushy. (Larger pieces of pork belly will take longer. Our one-pound belly was done after an hour at 275°F.)
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Remove from oven and let cool to room temperature. Wrap tightly in plastic and refrigerate until chilled through – at least a few hours and up to 2 days.
Now feel free to tweak this recipe as you see fit. I will be trying this again in the future to see if I can get it perfect.
Want to know how I made the brown sugar glaze? The recipe is to the right. 
1 Cup of Brown sugar, 1 Half Cup of Water, and 2 Tbsps of Butter. Combine Sugar and water until sauce thickens. *Note if it is too thick add a little more water for desired consistency. Once thick remove from heat and add butter constantly swirling until it dissolves. Swirl until the butter is gone. Then pour over top of hot pork. Watch how I did here:
