What is pork belly?
Pork belly
The fatty, boneless underside of the pig, the same cut bacon comes from.
What it tastes like
Layers of meat and fat that go melting and rich when slow-cooked, with crackly skin when roasted.
Where you’ll see it
Everywhere: bao buns, ramen, Korean samgyeopsal, roasted with crackling, and lacquered at Chinese restaurants.
Related words
- crackling
- samgyeopsal
- porchetta