pork belly burnt ends texture?

[Jeff Davidson]

I've never made pbbes but they sure look good. we occasionally order roast pork belly in Manhattan's Chinatown, some of the pieces have very little meat and mostly consist of gelatinous fat. I know some people love this but we prefer meat with a little crispy fat.

for those that have made this, wondering if the fat fully renders or are we mostly going to be eating fat?

tia,

 

[Tony-Chicago]

Skin too. People here love it. But I prefer a bit less fat..
By here I mean people in the house near me right now. B

 

[MikeCantell]

While I have never made them yet I think a lot depends on the belly just like buying bacon, what I have seen posted had some rendering to it but not 1/2 I would bet, had some a few weeks ago from a local joint and thought the texture and sauce was good but the rub was way to salty. I haven't found 1 to do yet but will run across 1 some day then I will be able to get a better understanding of what not to do.

 

[Scott Hollister]

I've had it at restaurants before and what I made was far better and less fatty. Saying that, it is bacon, so it will be fatty but delicious! If you cook it down too far and render most of the fat away, it will get dry and tougher. It definitely depends where you get your belly from, I've actually found good ones at Costco.

 

[AndyK]

I just made a batch a few days ago.
The texture was similar to point burnt ends.
The flavor was good but different than beef burnt ends.
I found it a bit rich and somewhat heavy on my belly.
I could only eat a few at a time.
My favorite way I found to eat them was a bagget sandwich with a tad of coleslaw.

 

[Matt Rector]

I've done these a few times. These ones I did with an sticky Asian sauce, but I usually use BB'Q sauce.







These were done with Sweet Baby Ray's.



There is no question about it, these are rich and heavy. But oh so good!
You do want to find lean belly and I'll bet I render 2/3 of the fat out.

 

[Joe T Gomez]

I have never done a pork belly before so I gave it a whirl surprise myself out they came up pretty good