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Pork belly at Costco

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AznAnarchy99 said:
I'm bringing in pacetta into this argument! :biggrin:

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That looks very tasty.
 
ponyo said:
I bought the cryovac for $2.85 per pound. The smaller cut packaged version was around $3.35 per pound. I don't mind the $2.85 as the quality of the pork belly was phenomenal. There was barely any fat on the meat.
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Less fat? Yeesh. What's the point then?

Pork belly is *suppose* to be melt-in-your-mouth fatty!
 
stlc8tr said:
Less fat? Yeesh. What's the point then?

Pork belly is *suppose* to be melt-in-your-mouth fatty!
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If there's too much fat, you don't get any of the meat flavor. A perfectly cooked belly will have lip-smackingly gelatinized meat with just a hint of chew, to get all the benefits of tender flesh without the drawback of mushiness.
 
Wonderful thread, might have to pick some up. 🙂

smackababy said:
They are the same cut. The belly of the pig is
where bacon comes from. In the US, that cut is almost exclusively used for bacon outside of the Asian community.


Bacon is pork belly, in the sense that a Mazda is a car. Pork belly is not always bacon, but bacon is always pork belly. Turkey bacon isn't bacon.

And, I was referring to them not frying the strips as you would bacon. =)
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This, you uncultured heathens.
 
so I too just bought a $18 pack of pork belly from Costco.

Chinese style roast pork is in my forseeable future.
 
fack. was excited by this thread about my Costco visit today. no pork belly 🙁

I cry.

Consolation prize was a 3.5lb pack of skirt steak. but man I want a pork belly so I can braise that motherfucker Chinese style!
 
Ns1 said:
Wtf my Costco doesn't have skirt. Just flank or 3rd party skirt that's been brined.
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sucks that all Costco's don't all have the best stuff. We have had skirt and flank steak for years now. but no pork belly yet 🙁

I may try to call the other North Jersey Costcos to see in case they have the belly.
 
anyway I tried the roast pork belly recipe last night...

a little too salty due to salt crust, and there was still room for crunchier skin.

So tasty enough, but def needs work...but at $3.50 pound whatevs.

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Ns1 said:
anyway I tried the roast pork belly recipe last night...

a little too salty due to salt crust, and there was still room for crunchier skin.

So tasty enough, but def needs work...but at $3.50 pound whatevs.

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that looks delicious. recipe?

going to go find a belly and make it Braised Red Pork Chinese Style
 
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