Cooking: pork belly
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so, i tried this:
http://fdrealestate.com/viewrental....014&dtbegin=&dtend=&price=&agentcode=pinn.ma1
and was a little disappointed. although the inside was nice and moist, if not quite meltingly so, the outside was overly crisp, almost charred, and slightly burned. this may have as much to do with my oven as with the recipe, but i will try lower heat next time, and more of a braise, perhaps with some smoke to start.
bought another 2 lbs to experiment with...
http://fdrealestate.com/viewrental....014&dtbegin=&dtend=&price=&agentcode=pinn.ma1
and was a little disappointed. although the inside was nice and moist, if not quite meltingly so, the outside was overly crisp, almost charred, and slightly burned. this may have as much to do with my oven as with the recipe, but i will try lower heat next time, and more of a braise, perhaps with some smoke to start.
bought another 2 lbs to experiment with...
2nd attempt went much better. left the skin on this time (more on that below) and applied a basic rub, then smoke on low heat (250). after two hours it looked like this:
poured a beer in the pan and wrapped in foil. 3 hours later:
raised heat to 300-ish, uncovered and basted for the last hour:
it was really good:
the skin probably helped keep it moist, but had a bit of a rubbery texture (probably needs higher heat to crisp), so i would remove it before cooking next time, and probably cut back the braising time by ~hour (it was tender, failling apart, but perhaps slightly overdone).
still, a huge improvement on the first attempt.
poured a beer in the pan and wrapped in foil. 3 hours later:
raised heat to 300-ish, uncovered and basted for the last hour:
it was really good:
the skin probably helped keep it moist, but had a bit of a rubbery texture (probably needs higher heat to crisp), so i would remove it before cooking next time, and probably cut back the braising time by ~hour (it was tender, failling apart, but perhaps slightly overdone).
still, a huge improvement on the first attempt.
@RedRedemption TWSS.
Thanks @tycoonchip, that's essentially what i did the 2nd time (see photos above) but with some smoke. i'm on the fence about the skin though.