Well, today I went down to Asian Mart in Tulsa, at 31st and 129th E. Ave, looking for some belly. I called in advance, tried Perry's, where I got my last one and they were sold out. But the meat counter at Asian Mart told me they had some. So, off I go...
On the way, I stopped to meet Bruce Coon and picked up my Sig P226 I had handed him a couple weeks ago. It started out like this:
And today it looks like this:
I love the Truglo TFX Pro sights! Those things are sweet!
Anyways, back to the pork belly....
So after meeting up with Bruce, I head to Asian Mart and the guy looks in the back and tells me he has 8 whole pork bellies, but they're all frozen together and he can't separate them! WTF, man! I drove all the way down here... but anyways, he does have a bunch already cut up in the meat case, they're about 6" sections, so I get 4 of them and have him cut the skin off for me. I DID keep the skin, to make cracklins later, don't worry!
I also went to Costco and picked up a Prime packer brisket... that'll be another thread.
So tonight I decided to take one of these pieces and make something new for dinner.... so here it goes.
First look. So I cut it in half to be more manageable.
Sliced in my meat slicer - it was pretty soft and didn't come out too great. So the other half I stuck in the freezer for a while before slicing and it came out a whole lot better. See below:
Simple seasoning - kosher salt and fresh-cracked 3-color peppercorns. That's it.
So next, is on to the cooking!
On the way, I stopped to meet Bruce Coon and picked up my Sig P226 I had handed him a couple weeks ago. It started out like this:
And today it looks like this:
I love the Truglo TFX Pro sights! Those things are sweet!
Anyways, back to the pork belly....
So after meeting up with Bruce, I head to Asian Mart and the guy looks in the back and tells me he has 8 whole pork bellies, but they're all frozen together and he can't separate them! WTF, man! I drove all the way down here... but anyways, he does have a bunch already cut up in the meat case, they're about 6" sections, so I get 4 of them and have him cut the skin off for me. I DID keep the skin, to make cracklins later, don't worry!
I also went to Costco and picked up a Prime packer brisket... that'll be another thread.
So tonight I decided to take one of these pieces and make something new for dinner.... so here it goes.
First look. So I cut it in half to be more manageable.
Sliced in my meat slicer - it was pretty soft and didn't come out too great. So the other half I stuck in the freezer for a while before slicing and it came out a whole lot better. See below:
Simple seasoning - kosher salt and fresh-cracked 3-color peppercorns. That's it.
So next, is on to the cooking!
