Pork Belly Bites
Fried Pork Belly Bites, a super easy recipe that requires no oven, and the bites are crispy and delicious, ready in well under an hour. Serve them with garlic and polenta, and you get a Romanian-style meal to lick your fingers clean.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 1166kcal
Ingredients
- 900 g pork belly ( 2 lb)
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Remove any bones or cartilage from the pork belly and cut it into cubes.
- Heat up a large frying pan over a medium heat, add the pork bites and season them with salt.
- Leave them to cook slowly until a lot of fat breaks down and the bites turn golden, stirring occasionally to allow both sides to cook well.
- Increase the heat to medium high to help the pork crisp up and turn brown.
- Use a slotted spoon to remove the bites from the pan, and transfer them onto a plate lined with kitchen paper to absorb the excess fat.
- Serve hot!
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Notes
- Starting with a medium heat helps break down the fat well so that the bites can crisp up nicely, otherwise they will be too fatty still.
- Be very careful when stirring the pork belly bites, as the hot oil can spit out and cause burns, I find that placing a lid on the pan can help towards the end of the cooking.
- The pork is beautifully tender and crispy at the same time, and serving it with garlic sauce really work a treat, as the garlic cuts through the richness of the pork.
Nutrition
Calories: 1166kcal | Protein: 21g | Fat: 119g | Saturated Fat: 43g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Monounsaturated Fat: 56g | Cholesterol: 162mg | Sodium: 367mg | Potassium: 416mg | Vitamin A: 23IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg