You can call these sweet, hot, salty morsels Pork Belly Burnt Ends, Pork Belly Bites, Pork Belly Candy, Pork Crack, or you can just call them delicious!
These would make a great Super Bowl appetizer, and as of this writing, my Tennessee Titans have a real chance (win and in Sunday) to get there!
Lets get to the recipe.
Cook / Prep Time marinade overnight then 2 hours
Yield : about 12 ounces of belly bites
Ingredients:
- 1 pound skinless pork belly
- 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup mirin
- 1/4 cup maple sugar
- 1 tbsp smoked sea salt
- 2 oz bourbon
- 1/2 tsp granulated garlic
- 1/2 tsp granulated onion
- 3 tbs hot honey
Score the fatty top of the pork belly. Cut into slices, then cut the slices into 1/2 inch cubes.
In a mixing bowl, add all the rest of the ingredients except the hot honey and mix well. Pour the marinade over the cubes and place in flat dish or ziplock bag and refrigerate overnight.
The next day, drain and discard the marinade. Dry the cubes as much as possible on a paper towel. Set the cubes on a wire rack with a drip tray underneath and place them in the air fryer set at 325 degrees for one hour, turning after 30 minutes.
Pull the cubes out of the oven and place them in a mixing bowl. Add the hot honey and mix well.
Place them back in the air fryer at 225 degrees for another hour, checking and turning every 15 minutes Thats it!
Enjoy!
Suggested songs to listen to while preparing the pork crack.
Since yesterday was Ronnie Milsaps 77th birthday, and I am a fan, how about his new album The Duets where he teams up with Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, George Strait, Leon Russel and others on some of his greatest songs?
