

When it comes to pork belly, what’s not to love?! Pork belly has a delicious, rich and meaty flavour thanks to the layers of fat that surround the meat. Although it has definitely become more fashionable over the past few years, pork belly is still an affordable cut. With some time and care you will be rewarded with tender meat and irresistible, crunchy outside bits – delicious!
We really enjoyed making this pork belly recipe in the test kitchen and we have made a lot of delicious pork dishes! Packed with a lot of flavour, this is a great dish for entertaining or when you are looking to impress that someone special but it’s easy enough for a midweek meal as the slow cooker does a lot of the work.
First, the pork belly is cooked low and slow until beautifully tender, then it is glazed and crisped up using our Gran Luchito Chipotle Honey. It’s also very satisfying to use the delicious stock leftover from cooking the pork to make the accompanying rice super-tasty.
Serve this sticky pork belly recipe with rice cooked in the slow cooker stock and you’ve got yourself an awesome meal.
If you like the sound of this, you should also check out our Pork Belly Tacos , crispy pork Carnitas or our Mexican Pulled Pork all of which we think are pretty irresistible pork dishes!
Prep time
2 hours
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
2 hrs, 30 mins
Ideal for
Make it
Serves
To Slow Cook The Pork:
To Make The Glaze:
To Finish:
We think this recipe pairs best with some rice cooked in the reserved slow cooking stock, it adds so much flavour!
With lots of veggies and textures, our chopped Mexican Salad would also make a nice accompaniment.
We think the best way to cook the pork belly is first to brown all over, then cook low and slow in a slow cooker allowing the fat to render over time resulting in tender meat. Then we like to crisp it up in a pan with our delicious chipotle glaze until sticky. This multi step approach ensures tender pork belly meat with a crispy finish - pure pork belly perfection!
Pork belly comes from the belly of the pig and juicy layers of fat wrapped around the meat. This fat gives it loads of flavour. If cooked properly then the meat becomes very tender.
Pork belly is essentially bacon that hasn't been cured, smoked and sliced.
We are sorry to hear you found this recipe disappointing Gwenda! The pork belly is meant to be taken out of the slow cooker and crisped up in a wok and then a glaze is added towards the end. This bit of the recipe is under “To Make The Glaze”. Thank you for trying out the recipe and we do hope you try out some others!
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