Caw Caw Creek Pork Belly

Name: Caw Caw Creek Pork Belly
Prep time: 8 h 45 min
Cook time: 8 h 45 min
Total time: 8 h 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp canola oil; 8 servings Sautéed Chanterelles; 1 Tbsp dark brown sugar; 8 servings Herbed Farro (see Pantry Key, below); 5 Tbsps kosher salt; 0 teaspoons pepper; 2 kilograms pork belly (see Pantry Key, below); 1 teaspoon table salt

Caw Caw Creek Pork Belly might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 1226 calories, 24g of protein, and 108g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 8 hours and 45 minutes. It is A mixture of canolan oil, pepper, kosher salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the table salt you could follow this main course with the Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Plus Sweet Banana Roundup as a dessert.

Instructions

Combine first 2 ingredients in a Dutch oven; add 2 cups water. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes or until salt and sugar are dissolved.

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Sugar

Water

Salt

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Dutch Oven

Add 1 cup water, and pour mixture into a 13- x 9-inch baking dish; cover and chill 30 minutes.

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Water

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Baking Pan

Add pork belly, fat side up; cover and chill 24 hours.

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Pork Belly

Remove pork from salt-water mixture; discard salt-water mixture, and rinse pork under cold water. Pat dry with paper towels.

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Water

Pork

Salt

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Paper Towels

Sprinkle with 1 tsp. table salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper.

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Table Salt

Pepper

Preheat oven to 27

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Oven

Cook pork in hot oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat 5 minutes on each side or until browned.

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Pork

Cooking Oil

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Remove from heat, and cover.

Bake at 275 for 6 hours or until fork-tender.

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Oven

Remove from oven, and cool completely (about 45 minutes).

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Oven

Place parchment paper over pork; top with a large heavy skillet, and press down on pork. Chill 12 hours (with skillet on top).

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Pork

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Baking Paper

Frying Pan

Cut pork into 1/2-inch slices. Cook pork in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat 3 to 5 minutes on each side or until crisp.

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Pork

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Frying Pan

Serve over Herbed Farro with

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Farro

Sauted Chanterelles.

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Chanterelle Mushrooms

Pantry Key. Pork Belly: This new chef fave has nothing to do with the digestive tract-it's uncured bacon. Order it from your butcher or cawcawcreek.com. Farro: A deliciously chewy whole grain that's high in protein and has a bold, nutty flavor; a great alternate for anyone who loves barley.

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Pork Belly

Barley