Sticky belly pork

Sticky belly pork

By braising the meat first, then crisping it up quickly on the barbecue to finish, the meat stays really tender

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 4 hrs 15 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2, then sit the pork belly in a deep roasting dish. Mix the remaining ingredients with 1 tsp salt, then rub all over the pork. Cover, roast for 3 hrs, then uncover, slice the pork into 16 short, fat chops. Spoon over the sauce from the dish, then roast, uncovered, for another hour, turning the strips halfway. Cool, cover, then chill for up to 24 hours.
  2. About 15 mins before you are ready to barbecue, pop the pork into a low oven to melt the sauce making sure the strips are nicely coated in it. Barbecue, skin-side down first, to crisp up, then cook for just a few mins, turning, until heated through and the sauce is sticky.
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Cuts like belly pork are great value, and cooking with them more often is a good way to support British farmers. Look out for the British Quality Standard mark on packs or, in Sainsbury's, the Freedom Food stamp.

PER SERVING

427 kcalories, protein 34.0g, carbohydrate 10.0g, fat 28.0 g, saturated fat 11.0g, fibre 0.0g, sugar 8.0g, salt 0.82 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2009.

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  • 29 June 2009

    Liz rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This has terrific potential and I'd serve it again BUT I'd halve the sugar. Far too sweet for our taste. It did smell great both in the oven and on the BBQ but far too much sugar. Others may disagree but it wouldn't do if we all had the same tastes.

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  • 29 June 2009

    Liz commented on this recipe

    Oh, should have also commented on the tenderness of the pork - that would rate 5 stars.

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  • 31 May 2010

    The reluctant cook rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Went down well at BBQ, followed other comments about reducing amount of sugar, good to have something that you can prepare the day before. The next time I will leave it whole though and cut it up after the cooking as turning over 2kg of pieces was a strugle to not burn them.

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  • 27 June 2010

    hk33 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Gorgeous! Really tasty and tender.

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  • 30 June 2010

    Penny rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great really easy and good to prepare in advance.

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  • 05 August 2010

    the23monks commented on this recipe

    I have now done this three times and it has been loved by everyone. I halved the sugar as was suggested by an earlier comment and also did not cut it until it was to be served. The last one I made was a whole side of a pig and it still worked! Lovely recipe and great comments from everyone who tasted it.

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  • 08 June 2011

    lorna rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    I don't know what I did wrong, but this really didn't work. The spices etc just stayed on top of the meat in a crust, there never was any sauce. The pork was very tender but far too much fat, (yes I know it was belly). We tried crisping on the bbq but had to take it off as flames erupted.

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  • 09 June 2011

    Snuggle5 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Followed the method exactly. Negatives would be that the sauce nearly disappeared and the fat didn't render down in all places Positives. It is extremely tasty and was gobbled up by 4 adults and 2 toddlers very quickly! I served it with homemade blue cheese dressing which really went well apparently. I couldn�t taste the blue cheese cause I�m pregnant �

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  • 30 June 2012

    harry commented on this recipe

    very tasty, would use half the sugar next time as it was very sweet.

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  • 20 September 2012

    Rich N rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    The method (Braising then BBQing) worked really well and would definately recommend. However, I wasn't keen on the marinade (I halved the sugar as other reviewers recommended).

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 4 hrs 15 mins

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PER SERVING

427 kcalories, protein 34.0g, carbohydrate 10.0g, fat 28.0 g, saturated fat 11.0g, fibre 0.0g, sugar 8.0g, salt 0.82 g

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