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Maple Bacon Recipe

Unsliced maple bacon on a wooden cutting board.

You seriously need to make this maple bacon. It’s not hard. And it is so worth it. It’s one of those processes that mostly just takes time. And for your patience you are rewarded with some the most delicious, homemade smoky bacon you’ll ever taste.

Korean Grilled Pork Belly With Spicy-Sweet Glaze

pork belly

Pork belly tastes fantastic grilled. The key is to braise it first to render out some fat. That avoids a blazing inferno of melted fat your grill. It also gets you a nice crisp exterior on the meat. Then glaze the crispy pork belly with whatever you like. We love spicy-sweet Korean ssam jang here. Try the recipe!

Pork Belly Porchetta: The Best Pork Roast Ever

Porchetta slice showing off spiral.

The quintessential taste of Italy is not pasta, not pizza, not Barolo, and not olive oil. It is porchetta, a rich, fatty, herby, crazy fragrant, crazy good, boneless pork roast swaddled in incredibly crunchy pork cracklins, sliced, and served on a rustic bun.

Danish Grilled Pork Belly Recipe

Pork belly slices hanging from rods.

If you like bacon, you’ll love this recipe including both pork belly and bacon. They are suspended over new potatoes as they cook, infusing the potatoes with savory richness. A simple white sauce enhanced with lemon and parsley complete this traditional dish from Denmark.

Sous Vide And Smoked Pork Belly Recipe

Sous vide and smoked pork belly slice plated.

If you like bacon then you’ll love pork belly. Fall apart tender and full of smoky goodness, this recipe for sous-vide-que pork belly is sure to be a crowd favorite. Starting with a low and slow sous vide water bath, the moist and tender pork belly is then smoked and grilled to create a truly amazing dish.

Smoked Homemade Bacon Recipe

Slices of uncooked bacon fanned out of a multicolored wooden cutting board.

Making bacon from scratch at home is easy and the results are much better than grocery store bacon. Once you have the basic recipe down, you can vary the ingredients to make a flavor profile to suit your taste. It is a simple two-step process: Curing and smoking.

Pork Belly Burnt Ends Banh Mi Recipe

Pork belly banh mi with baguette, split and filled with meat, red and green jalapenos, and garnished with cilantro.

This rich and flavor packed tested recipe for our smoked pork belly version of the classic Vietnamese banh mì sandwich is sure to make your knees buckle. The recipe hits all the right notes for a perfect banh mì, including succulent BBQ pork belly burnt ends, spicy jalapeños, savory mayo, and tangy pickled veggies.

Pork Cracklins Recipe

Pork cracklins in a round bowl with hot sauce in a small bowl.

Cracklins, chiccharrons, and grattons are made from pork skins and rinds. Here’s a better way to make them than just frying them the old fashioned way.