# Pork belly **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-belly/705630 "2014-11-25T22:42:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-belly/705630/1 "2014-11-25T22:42:46Z")
I’ve never used pork belly. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever eaten it. I bought a pre-cooked package from Trader Joe’s. Now how do I use it? Slice it and use it like bacon in a sandwich, and heating it and tearing it up for tacos, are obvious. Anything else? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-belly/705630/2 "2014-11-28T00:57:04Z")
Slice fairly thick and serve next to a wedge of iceberg lettuce and cover with a **good** bleu cheese dressing. Not something from a bottle, but one you make yourself with buttermilk and Maytag. Food of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-belly/705630/3 "2014-11-28T01:02:58Z")
I’ve heard it works well for futures. ---
**Author:** ![turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-belly/705630/4 "2014-11-28T04:12:23Z")
When I went to an Asian market to get some pork belly to make bacon, they asked me if I was going to deep fry it. Apparently that’s a thing. Cook it in the oven for a while or boil it, then cut it into cubes and deep fry it (as is–no breading) and serve it with some kind of sauce (soy?) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-belly/705630/5 "2014-11-28T04:53:17Z")
My wife makes it into [twice-cooked pork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twice_cooked_pork), which is perhaps what the people at the Asian market meant by deep-fried pork belly. You slice it, boil it and then fry it in sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-belly/705630/6 "2014-11-28T04:54:39Z")
Tiger Sauce might work for dipping cubes of pork belly. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-belly/705630/7 "2014-11-28T04:58:25Z")
I thought that pork belly was just uncured bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-belly/705630/8 "2014-11-28T05:22:23Z")
Makes a damn fine [banh mi](http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/pork-belly-banh-mi/b507a1cd-dd37-4785-b595-302d0fc2a700). ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-belly/705630/9 "2014-11-28T05:22:39Z")
[Momofuku Pork Buns](http://food52.com/recipes/28063-momofuku-s-pork-buns) Really outstanding, and if you don’t feel like making the buns white rice works very well. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-belly/705630/10 "2014-11-28T07:57:27Z")
Pork Belly and scrambled eggs. Mmmmmmm. We got the TJs stuff too. It’s pretty good. I think I also used it for some carnitas.