# I bought sliced fatty pork belly - now what?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 24, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-sliced-fatty-pork-belly-now-what/526232 "2010-01-24T14:56:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-sliced-fatty-pork-belly-now-what/526232/1 "2010-01-24T14:56:16Z")

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I went shopping at a great Korean grocery store and bought tofu, kimchi, Asian cucumbers, Korean-style thin-sliced beef ribs and marinade . . . and sliced fatty pork belly. It looks just like bacon, only it’s raw and fresh rather than salted and smoked.

I bought it because it was beautifully meaty and lean even though it was streaked with fat stripes. What’ll I do with it?

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**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-sliced-fatty-pork-belly-now-what/526232/2 "2010-01-24T15:09:14Z")

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Grill it over charcoal, serve it wrapped in lettuce leaves with thinly sliced green onions and some Korean chili sauce _gochujang_.