mrs. hornet22
Beach Dreamer
I thought it was Smoking Gringos, but I didn't see pork belly on the menu. I know Bistro off Broad has pork belly. Maybe that what got me talking about it.
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Pork Belly Tacos with Pineapple Pico
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GA1dad
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I made a trip to Costco a week ago and they had some mighty fine whole pork belly and I just couldn't walk away without one. The one I got was about 9 lbs total, so I took about a third of it for this weekend and I am saving the other for something else coming up. My plan was to smoke/cook this on the Traeger, but mine is currently down for repair. So, the oven had to do.
I cut it up into cubes and marinated it in a lime chipotle type marinade. I cooked them slow for a couple hours to render them down some. I finished them in a pan with brown sugar and margarine... kind of a play on burnt ends I suppose.
While the belly was cooking I made a pineapple pico with a fresh pineapple I also picked up from Costco. I went with red and yellow tomato, jalapeno, cilantro, lime juice, and charred the pineapple on the stove. I didn't add any onion because I had also taken some Vidalia onion and pickled it down with some sliced habanero pepper.
I'd give the finished product a rating of I would definitely fix it again!
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Hands down winner right there!!!
pop pop jones
Senior Member
Fairly sure food Depot carries bellies.
hawkeye123
Senior Member
That's where I got the last one food depot in Griffin..that's about as fine as tacos as I've seen in a while!
Head East
Senior Member
Slow down… y’all are killin it tonight. Mercy.
