Recipes — Deep fried Chicharron

Salty, savory, and crunchy – those three words sum up my Smoked and Fried Chicharron succinctly. If you’ve never heard of Chicharron, it’s made from pork belly, essentially a kissing cousin to bacon. As the name implies, pork belly comes from the pig’s belly. It is fatty (which brings flavor)  and boneless.  You can get pork belly at the grocery store, but a butcher will be able to cut one to your size. A whole one is a whopping 12 pounds. So unless you’re having a large game-day gathering, you’ll probably want a smaller cut. For this recipe, I suggest using Apple...