Easy Pork Belly Recipes & Ideas

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Pork Pies with Pine Nuts  and Dried Fruit 

Virtuoso charcutier Arnaud Nicolas’s choice of meat—lean pork belly—gets the ratio of protein to fat exactly right. The interiors of his warm buttery puff pastries are studded with jewellike nubs of pistachio, cranberry and apricot . Slideshow: More Pork Belly Recipes

Pork Belly Porchetta with Truffles 

This is Nadine Levy Redzepi’s high-low approach to pork, combining a humble, fatty cut with upscale but affordable preserved truffles. The meat is cooked until just tender; it won’t be meltingly soft like a braise, but it has that irresistible crunchy layer of fat to keep everything juicy. Slideshow: More Pork Belly Recipes

Pork Belly

You can't go wrong with melt-in-your-mouth pork belly. From crispy pork belly with kimchi to hearty sandwiches loaded with tender pork belly pieces and fried eggs, these dishes will be worth the effort.

Pancetta

Pancetta—the Italian bacon made of pork belly meat—is used in plenty of recipes, including these pancetta-beef burgers with horseradish ketchup and these baked rigatoni with broccoli, green olives and pancetta.

Crispy Pork Belly Tacos with Pico de Gallo

Chef Enrique Olvera stuffs tacos with crispy pork belly, confited in fat, and serves them with a tangy salsa spiked with Mexican beer. Slideshow: More Taco Recipes

Pork Belly with Rhubarb Glaze

After brining pork belly, chef Zakary Pelaccio slow-roasts the meat until it’s tender and crisp, brushing it with a deliciously sweet and tangy rhubarb glaze. Slideshow: More Pork Recipes

Crispy Pork Belly with Kimchi Rice Grits and Peanuts

Chef Hugh Acheson makes an ingenious version of the Southern classic by swapping rice grits for corn, and stirring in kimchi to go with his crispy pork belly. Video: Watch Hugh Acheson Cook This Dish